American Minute with Bill Federer John Adams wrote A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1765: “The desire of dominion … when … restraints are taken off … becomes an encroaching, grasping, restless, and ungovernable power … contrived by the great for the gratification of this passion… …originally formed … for the necessary defense … against … … More The Wisdom of John Adams: on Liberty, Tyranny, and the Need for Christian Virtue