Thomas Jefferson still survives ... (Actually, Jefferson had died earlier that same day, Independence Day, July 4, 1826)
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The deliberate union of so great and various a people in such a place, is without all partiality or prejudice, if not the greatest exertion of human understanding, the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen.John Adams
Adams said Harrison was a generous friend and wise mentor ... decisive influence in my life.
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Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
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I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.
John Adams
The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.
John Adams
As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it, in reason, morality, and the natural fitness of things.
John Adams
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