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John Adams
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[John Adams] 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.
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― Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
― Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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Having voted for independence, they now needed to discuss and vote on the text of a declaration of independence that Thomas Jefferson had drawn up. The text Jefferson had written was read aloud, and throughout the day the delegates made changes. They deleted about twenty-five percent of the text, thinking it not applicable, or too emotive, or beside the point.
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― John Adams: Independence Forever
― John Adams: Independence Forever










































