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.
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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
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.
Thomas Jefferson survives.