Congress Quote by Sherman Edwards

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

— John Adams

“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three…

— Peter Stone

“The president’s title as proposed by the senate was the most superlatively ridiculous thing I ever heard of. It is a proof the more…

— Thomas Jefferson

That this gentleman [President John Adams] ought not to be the object of the federal wish, is, with me, reduced to demonstration. His administration…

— Alexander Hamilton

“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

“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

“[John] Adams saw clearly that politics is the indispensable foundation for things elegant and beautiful. First and above all else, you must secure life,…

— Charles Krauthammer

[Benjamin] Franklin may be a great philosopher, [John Adams] told his diary in 1779, but "as a Legislator in America he has done very little."

— Gordon S. Wood

“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

Every answer he [President John Adams] gives to his addressers unmasks more and more his principles and views. His language to the young men…

— James Madison

“Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. —Henry Adams”

— Oliver Benjamin

“All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.…

— Mara Jacobs