My Country has in its Wisdom contrived for me, the most insignificant Office that ever the Invention of Man contrived or his Imagination conceived.

John Adams

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Topic

Vice Presidency American politics

Author

John Adams

Source

Letters of John Adams

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1793 1790s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Occupation

Founding Father American President National leader Politician

From

United States

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Original Citation

Adams, John. Letter to Abigail Adams. 19 Dec. 1793.

Current Citation

“John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 December 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-09-02-0278.

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I agree with you, that in Politicks the Middle Way is none at all.

John Adams

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Topic
The political center Political ideology Politics

Author

John Adams
Source
Letters of John Adams
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
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Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Original Citation

Adams, John. Letter to Horatio Gates. 23 Mar. 1776.

Current Citation

“From John Adams to Horatio Gates, 23 March 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-04-02-0023.

Another quote from the 1790s

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather-bed.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic
Price of freedom

Author

Thomas Jefferson
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1790 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Marquis de Lafayette. 2 Apr. 1790.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "The Marquis de Lafayette, April 2, 1790." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

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Donald Rumsfeld

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Topic
The unknown Epistemology Knowledge American politics
Speaker
Donald Rumsfeld
Medium
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Language
English
Time
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Citation

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