My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But… — Mamie Gummer Copy Share Image
“John Adams even appealed the matter to higher spiritual realities when he said, “The moment the idea is admitted into society that… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
Hyperbole has been part of elections since the days of John Adams, and there's nobody better than Joe Biden to give us… — Stephen Pagliuca Copy Share Image
As early as 1776, [John Adams] expressed his doubts about America's capacity for virtue. "I have seen all along my Life, Such… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
So what's the difference between republican and democratic forms of government? John Adams captured the essence of the difference when he said,… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
[John Adams] letters courting Abigail Smith are especially priceless. In one of 1764 he addresses her as "Miss Adorable" and says that… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
[John Adams and Tomas Jefferson] shared experience in 1775 - 1776 in bringing about the separation from Britain and their service in… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
“There was a burst of applause when George Washington entered and walked to the dais. More applause followed on the appearance of… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Throughout most of his life, Washington’s physical vigor had been one of his most priceless assets. A notch below six feet four… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
“We like to keep separate the evils of our national past from the sacredness of our ideals. That separation allows us to… — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Upon my return from the army to Baltimore in the winter of 1777, I sat next to John Adams in Congress, and… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
“I hate polemical politics and polemical divinity,” said John Adams. “My religion is founded on the love of God and my neighbor;… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
The ideal to which John Adams subscribed-that we would be a nation of laws, not of men-was quickly subverted when the churches… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I think [John Adams's] influence on the federal Constitution was indirect. Many including James Madison mocked the first volume of Adams's Defence… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
“Now be it known, That I John Adams, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said Treaty… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Paine’s pamphlet appealed to a wide range of colonial opinion angered by England. But it caused some tremors in aristocrats like John… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Our founders did not believe that our society could thrive without this kind of moral social structure. In fact, it was our… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
“Again, John Adams understood that the new Constitution simply lacked the powers to control a people who were, by their own lack… — Jack Pelham Copy Share Image
Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson,… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
[John Adams' writings] had indicted the United States for slavishly copying the English constitution by erecting bicameral legislatures in their state constitutions,… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
“But let us not forget, too, that it was John Adams who nominated George Washington to be commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
American history offers no parallel to the friendship between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, spanning the first half century of the Republic.… — Dumas Malone Copy Share Image
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