John Adams
John Adams
John Adamswas an American lawyer, author, statesman, and diplomat. He served as the second President of the United States, the first Vice President, and as a Founding Father was a leader of American independence from Great Britain. Adams was a political theorist in the Age of Enlightenment who promoted republicanism and a strong central government. His innovative ideas were frequently published. He was also a dedicated diarist and correspondent, particularly with his wife and key advisor Abigail...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPresident
Date of Birth30 October 1735
CountryUnited States of America
Had we known it was 9/11 money, we would not have borrowed it.
The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge - I mean of the character and conduct of their rulers
It has escaped no one's attention that celebrating Minimalism in the context of a symphony orchestra is admittedly a problematic fit. Most of the best Minimalist music is not scored for conventional orchestra. But the Los Angeles Philharmonic, being an orchestra that is not only a hundred-piece ensemble but also an amalgam of distinct, highly talented performers, found many ways to make a successful survey of this magnitude.
Call it then, ... the Age of Paine.
The insanity defense is so rooted in our common law as to be protected under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
I know not whether any man in the world has had more influence on its inhabitants or affairs for the last 30 years than Tom Paine.
Inequalities of mind and body are so established by God Almighty, in his constitution of human nature, that no art or policy can ever plane them down to a level
It was a faith-based group that brought him to this country as a refugee from Cuba and sent him on a path toward the American dream,
Hey, they?re a veteran team with four seniors.
But touch a solemn truth in collision with a dogma of a sect, though capable of the clearest proof, and you will find you have disturbed a nest, and the hornets will swarm about your eyes and hand, and fly into your face and eyes
I am persuaded there is among the mass of our people a fund of wisdom, integrity, and humanity which will preserve their happiness in a tolerable measure
I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely to live and die on this earth
I?m not sorry to see Voigt graduate. She?s a very good player and ate us up inside.
In that telling, there were things that were exposed about Dr. King. It cut through me in a way I (had) to do something with their story.