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> [“One of the petitioners, an infamous do-gooder of uncertain sanity named Warner Mifflin, had actually acknowledged that his antislavery vision came to him after he was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/one-of-the-petitioners-an-infamous-do-gooder-of-uncertain-sanity/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

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## More by Joseph J. Ellis

> [“Perhaps, in that eerily instinctive way in which he always grasped the difference between the essential and the peripheral, he literally felt in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/perhaps-in-that-eerily-instinctive-way-in-which-he-always-grasped-the/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [“Upon learning that Washington intended to reject the mantle of emperor, no less an authority than George III allegedly observed, “If he does that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/upon-learning-that-washington-intended-to-reject-the-mantle-of/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [“The Adams presidency, in fact, might be the classic example of the historical truism that inherited circumstances define the parameters within which presidential leadership…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/the-adams-presidency-in-fact-might-be-the-classic-example-of-the/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [“p. 274 ...his trademark decision to surrender power as commander in chief and then president, was not...a sign that he had conquered his ambitions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/p-274-his-trademark-decision-to-surrender-power-as-commander-in-chief/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [To my three sons, Peter, Scott, and Alexander who pulled me from the 18th Century and back into the present on a regular basis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/to-my-three-sons-peter-scott-and-alexander-who-pulled-me-from-the/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/lincoln-once-said-that-america-was-founded-on-a-proposition-that-was/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [“They recognized from the beginning that they were a rare match. There were so many topics they could talk about easily and just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/they-recognized-from-the-beginning-that-they-were-a-rare-match-there/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [ \[quoting someone else\] the American constitution is a document designed by geniuses to be eventually interpreted by idiots ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/quoting-someone-else-the-american-constitution-is-a-document-designed/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [I believe I am an honorable man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/i-believe-i-am-an-honorable-man/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [“The first symptom of the trouble appeared when Madison studied Hamilton’s proposal for the funding of the domestic debt. On the one hand, Hamilton’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/the-first-symptom-of-the-trouble-appeared-when-madison-studied/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [“But if insecurity was the primal source of Hamilton's incredibly energy, one would have to conclude that providence had conspired to produce at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/but-if-insecurity-was-the-primal-source-of-hamilton-s-incredibly/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [“One of the petitioners, an infamous do-gooder of uncertain sanity named Warner Mifflin, had actually acknowledged that his antislavery vision came to him after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/one-of-the-petitioners-an-infamous-do-gooder-of-uncertain-sanity/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/i-would-say-readers-can-trust-my-work-more-than-anyone-else-s/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/and-the-only-thing-to-do-with-a-sin-is-to-confess-do-penance-and-then/)

[Joseph J. Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-j-ellis/)

> [“Burr had the dark and severe coloring of his Edwards ancestry, with black hair receding from the forehead and dark brown, almost black, eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-j-ellis/burr-had-the-dark-and-severe-coloring-of-his-edwards-ancestry-with/)

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