John Adams

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is no fan of speeches, messages, addresses, proclamations and such affected, constrained things.

is distrustful, obstinate, excessively vain, and takes no counsel from anyone.

(of John Adams) He is distrustful, obstinate, excessively vain, and takes no counsel from anyone.

is vain, irritable, and a bad calculator of the force and probable effect of the motives which govern men.

He is vain, irritable, and a bad calculator of the force and probable effect of the motives which govern men. This is all the ill which can possibly be said of him. He is as disinterested as the Being who made him.THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826) Letter to James Madison, 1787

is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes wholly out of his senses.

The answers of Mr. Adams to his addressors form the most grotesque scene in the tragi-comedy acting by the Government . . . . He is verifying completely the last feature in the character drawn of him by Dr. F[ranklin] however his title may stand to the two first. ?Always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes wholly out of his senses.?JAMES MADISON (1751-1836) To Thomas Jefferson, June 10, 1798

is, along with Thomas Jefferson, one of the two poles of the American revolution, who thought for us all.

was, along with thomas jefferson, one of the two poles of the american revolution, who thought for us all.

is always great, and though sometimes alone, all weak and personal motives were forgotten in public energy and the security of the sacred liberties of his country.

has none of the essential arts or ornaments which make up a courtier?there are thousands who with a tenth part of his understanding, and without a spark of his honesty, would distance him infinitely in any court in europe.

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