Abigail Quote by David McCullough

You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition.

— David McCullough

“When feminist impulses are recorded, they are, almost always, the writings of privileged women who had some status from which to speak freely, more…

— Howard Zinn

“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

Abigail Adams could become my favorite historical sleuth.

— Sharon Kay Penman

“The issue concerned a minor matter of etiquette: How should the president be addressed by members of Congress? While hardly an earthshaking question, it…

— Anonymous

“Classing Jefferson with George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, both of whom were also reluctant to speak at length in public, Adams said, “A public…

— Jon Meacham

“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

[John] Adams said his objective in writing his Defence of the Constitutions of the United States and his Davila essays was to counter what…

— Gordon S. Wood

[John] Adams was arguing that a separate social order existed that needed to be embodied in senates and his fellow Americans could not accept…

— Gordon S. Wood

It was one of the dullest speeches I ever heard. The Agee woman told us for three quarters of an hour how she came…

— Anonymous

“You can easily see what and endless, wearisome and fruitless task it would be if I were to refute all the unconsidered objections of…

— St. Augustine

Do not shout at me, Mr. Quill," said John [Adams]. "Justice may be blind, but she is not deaf.

— Orson Scott Card