--- title: "2 John Gaddis Quotes" description: "John Gaddi was a son of Mattathias the Hasmonean and brother of Judas Maccabeus. The Hasmonean family lead the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Emp..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/818/john-gaddis-100765_cold-war_enrollments-in-american-colleges-tripled_502639.jpg" --- # John Gaddis **2** quotes in **10** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Gaddi was a son of Mattathias the Hasmonean and brother of Judas Maccabeus. The Hasmonean family lead the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire which ruled Judea in the 160s BCE. John's activities are not as well-documented as his other brothers. He is usually considered to have been the ## Quotes by John Gaddis > [“Enrollments in American colleges tripled between 1955 and 1970, 250% in the Soviet Union, 400% in France, and more than 200% in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gaddis/enrollments-in-american-colleges-tripled-between-1955-and-1970-250-in/) John Gaddis [Cold war](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cold-war/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/818/john-gaddis-100765_cold-war_enrollments-in-american-colleges-tripled_502639.jpg) > [“The sign of a good novel is what it can cause its reader to see, even if this lies beyond the author's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gaddis/the-sign-of-a-good-novel-is-what-it-can-cause-its-reader-to-see-even/) John Gaddis [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1d/john-gaddis-100765_books_the-sign-of-a-good-novel-is-what-it-can_1279466.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gaddis/#itemlist", "name": "John Gaddis Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Enrollments in American colleges tripled between 1955 and 1970, 250% in the Soviet Union, 400% in France, and more than 200% in China by 1965. 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