John Adams/presidency - 1797-1801

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    “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”
    —John Adams (1735–1826)

    “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”
    —Bible: New Testament St. John the Divine, in Revelation, 2:10.

    “I wish most sincerely there was not a slave in this province. It always appeared a most iniquitous scheme to me—to fight ourselves for what we are daily robbing and plundering from those who have as good a right to freedom as we have.”
    —Abigail Adams (1744–1818)

    “I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You’ve got to just stand there and take it.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)