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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

[John Adams and Tomas Jefferson] shared experience in 1775 - 1776 in bringing about the separation from Britain and their service in Europe cemented…

— Gordon S. Wood

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

“The natural aristocracy, said Jefferson, was one of virtue or talents, and he contrasted this with an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth.…

— F. H. Buckley

After [Tomas] Jefferson's defeat of [John] Adams in the presidential election of 1800, they didn't communicate with one another for more than a decade.

— Gordon S. Wood

“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

“Adams lay peacefully, his mind clear, by all signs. Then late in the afternoon, according to several who were present in the room, he…

— David McCullough

Deeply versed in history, [John Adams] said over and over that America had no special providence, no special role in history, that Americans were…

— Gordon S. Wood

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams

— David McCullough

A mutual friend, Benjamin Rush, brought [Tomas Jefferson and John Adams] together in 1812, and they went on to exchange letters for the rest…

— Gordon S. Wood

“The heirs of Jefferson and Madison would be the Democratic-Republicans, the heirs of Hamilton and Adams would be the Federalists. But the heirs of…

— Anonymous