The following are quotes from the John Adams Courthouse Naming Ceremony, June 12, 2002:

"The greatest tribute we can pay to John Adams, who gave us and the world so much, is to make this courthouse a living monument, where his lifelong devotion to justice, community, and learning will inspire our own. Let this be a place where we honor the future of freedom, not only its history." —Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall


"This is an historic day because it honors one of the great people in the history of Massachusetts. We hope that the wisdom and intelligence of John Adams is forever associated with decisions made within the building that bears his name."
—Former Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift