Freedom Quote by David McCullough

The Declaration [of Independence] was a committee report, and [Tomas] Jefferson was simply the draftsman. [John] Adams's crucial role in bringing about independence in…

— Gordon S. Wood

“That there would be a political advantage in having the declaration written by a Virginian was clear, for the same reason there had been…

— David McCullough

“Some talked,some wrote, and some fought to promote and establish it, but you, Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson thought for us all”

— Benjamin Rush

“(Asked to explain the defeat, Adams put it succinctly: “In general, our Generals were out generalled.”) Washington”

— Joseph J. Ellis

[John Adams] always felt that his contribution to bringing about independence went unappreciated, especially after the 1790s when [Tomas] Jefferson began to be lauded…

— Gordon S. Wood

“...if George Washington founded the nation, John Marshall defined it.”

— Jean Edward Smith

“John Adams when he said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of…

— Ben Carson

By the time [John Adams] came to write his Defence of the Constitutions of the United States in 1787 he had as dark a…

— Gordon S. Wood

According to Adams, Jefferson proposed that he, Adams, do the writing [pf the Declaration of Independence], but that he declined, telling Jefferson he must…

— David McCullough

“Now be it known, That I John Adams, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said Treaty do, by…

— John Adams

“I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace, that two become a lawfirm, and that three or more become…

— Sherman Edwards

“I am persuaded however that he [John Adams] means well for his Country, is always an honest Man, often a Wise One, but sometimes…

— Benjamin Franklin