David McCullough, John Adams Quotes
When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail's response was to write a letter to her husband and include these words, "My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams
Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave.
The source of our suffering has been our timidity. We have been afraid to think....Let us dare to read, think, speak, write.
You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture.You've got to become them."(Speaking about researching, and reading, and immersing yourself in History)
The reason is, because it’s of more importance to community, that innocence should be protected, than it is, that guilt should be punished.