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John Adams
Second president of the United States (1735-1826). Founding Father, Declaration drafter, first vice-president, one-term president. His refusal of war with France cost him re-election. He died on independence's jubilee.
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John Adams's Other Quotes
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House, and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.
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Oh, my country! How I leave my country!
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