Archive for April 11th, 2008

John Adams has my vote!

Posted on April 11, 2008. Filed under: The Founders | Tags: Constitution, John Adams, presidential election |

I was reading Adam’s 1797 inaugural speech, where he has this to say about the American people, when faced by the obvious inability of the Articles of Confederation to form a “durable” government for the United States:
“In this dangerous crisis the people of America were not abandoned by their usual good sense, presence of mind, [...]