David McCullough - John Adams (2001)

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You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture. You've got to become them.

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So, it was done, the break was made, in words at least: on July 2, 1776, in Philadelphia, the American colonies declared independence. If not all thirteen clocks had struck as one, twelve had, and with the other silent, the effect was the same.

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As time would prove, he had written one of the great, enduring documents of the American Revolution. The constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the oldest functioning written constitution in the world.

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Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams

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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."

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Read somewhat in the English poets every day. You will find them elegant, entertaining and constructive companions through your whole life.

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