The economic answer to the world's problems is John Adams, not [Karl] Marx. — John Ringo Copy Share Image
It was [John's Adams] Massachusetts constitution if anything that influenced people. — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams — David McCullough Copy Share Image
[John Adams] is impressed with [Tomas] Jefferson's learning, but noted his silence during the debates in the Congress: "I never heard him… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
[Benjamin] Franklin may be a great philosopher, [John Adams] told his diary in 1779, but "as a Legislator in America he has… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
“I am persuaded however that he [John Adams] means well for his Country, is always an honest Man, often a Wise One,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. John Adams, U.S. President” — George Washington Copy Share Image
If not for John Adams leading a revolution against Great Britain...This would be the BAFTAs. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
[John] Adams never hid his jealousy and resentment of the other Founders, especially Benjamin Franklin. — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
[John Adams] diary, of course, is even more revealing of his feelings. Both his letters to [his wife] Abigail and his diary… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
As John Adams said, all democracies will eventually self-destruct. We seem to be doing it very quickly. — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson corresponded for 13 years before they died on the same day. They asked, "How can one have… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
John Adams, second president of the United States, wrote that our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. George… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail's response was to write a letter to her… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were political enemies, but they became fast friends. And when they passed away on the same day,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
[John] Adams never had an optimistic view of human nature, and his experience in the Congress and abroad only deepened his suspicion… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
John Adams was a farmer, Abraham Lincoln a small town lawyer. Plato and Socrates were teachers. Jesus was a carpenter. To equate… — Mark Sheppard Copy Share Image
“The chevalier’s multiple talents were well summed up by John Adams, visiting Paris in 1779: The “mulatto man,” wrote the future American… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
Deeply versed in history, [John Adams] said over and over that America had no special providence, no special role in history, that… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
“I must study politics and war," wrote John Adams, "that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics, and philosophy, geography,… — Charles Krauthammertha Copy Share Image
“From the Deist’s perspective, truth is not indoctrination by either science or religion; truth is eloquently expressed through Nature, the true, rational… — Beth Houston Copy Share Image
“In January 1821, Thomas Jefferson wrote John Adams to “encourage a hope that the human mind will some day get back to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It was on July 2, 1776 that the Second Continental Congress voted for the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“You go on, I presume, with your latin Exercises: and I wish to hear of your beginning upon Sallust who is one… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“So, it was done, the break was made, in words at least: on July 2, 1776, in Philadelphia, the American colonies declared… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“As we look over the list of the early leaders of the republic, Washington, John Adams, Hamilton, and others, we discern that… — James Truslow Adams Copy Share Image
“By their actions, the Founding Fathers made clear that their primary concern was religious freedom, not the advancement of a state religion.… — Franklin T. Lambert Copy Share Image
Tom Hooper had done 'John Adams,' and David Lynch did 'Twin Peaks.' I figured I could do eight hours of television, and… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
“The source of our suffering has been our timidity. We have been afraid to think…Let us dare to read, think, speak, write.” — David McCullough Copy Share Image
The relationship between [John] Adams and [Tomas] Jefferson was extraordinary. They differed on every conceivable issue, except on the Revolution and the… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
“I pray heaven,” Adams wrote, “to bestow the best of blessings on this house, and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Americans, [John Adams] wrote in 1780, believed that their "revolution is as much for the benefit of the generality of Mankind in… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
By 1782 [John Adams] had come to feel for [Benjamin] Franklin "no other sentiments than Contempt or Abhorrence." — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
“There are two types of education. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. John… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it. John Adams, U.S. President” — George Washington Copy Share Image
“I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace, that two become a lawfirm, and that three or… — Sherman Edwards Copy Share Image
[John] Adams's letters to [his wife] Abigail are wonderful. In his letters, he is loving, humorous, preachy, learned, and saucy. He speaks… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
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