America Quote by Gordon S. Wood

“What was surprising--and would largely be forgotten as time went on--was how well Adams had done. Despite the malicious attacks on him, the furor…

— David McCullough

The relationship between [John] Adams and [Tomas] Jefferson was extraordinary. They differed on every conceivable issue, except on the Revolution and the love of…

— Gordon S. Wood

American history offers no parallel to the friendship between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, spanning the first half century of the Republic. . .…

— Dumas Malone

“America has always been torn between the ideal and the real, between noble goals and inevitable compromises. So was Jefferson. In his head and…

— Jon Meacham

More than any other figure in our history [Tomas] Jefferson is responsible for the idea of American exceptionalism.

— Gordon S. Wood

[Tomas] Jefferson believed that the United States was a chosen nation with a special responsibility to spread democracy around the world.

— Gordon S. Wood

Mr Jefferson meant that the American system should be a democracy, and he would rather have let the whole world perish than that this…

— Henry Adams

“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 and Thomas Jefferson were political enemies, but they became fast friends. And when they passed away on the same day, the last…

— Harry S. Truman