By Greg Perry
Kirkland Realtor
I've been watching HBO's mini series, John Adams. As a history buff, I found HBO's production fascinating.....and inspiring.
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were two of the most influential members of the Continental Congress. Together they moved the Congress to declare our Independence from England. Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence.
On the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1826, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died. John Adam's last words are quoted as "Thomas Jefferson survives".
Here are a couple of quotes attributed to John Adams, the second President Of The United States.
"A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man."
"There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live"
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