Twelfth Admendment Quotes

“Th fight over the [twelfth] amendment also confirms what Henry Adams treated as the "comedy" of Jefferson in power--that his efforts, and those of his followers, continually worked against their declared object. Jefferson came saying that he would reduce the power of the executive and the centralizing nationalism of the Federalists. But the Twelfth Admendment, by subordinating the vice president, increased the power of the president, who was able to run unopposed by anyone in his party once he was nominated, and who was served by the man in second place.”
― Garry Wills, Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power