John Adams Quotes
Methought I heard him say, "Ay! I am fairly out, and you fairly in. See which of us will be the happiest.
After Adams took the oath of office, he wrote to his wife Abigail about Washington's great satisfaction at leaving office:
John Adams, 1735-1826, 2nd President of the United States (Federalist, MA), Letter to Abigail Adams, March, 1797
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Buchanan had a very difficult time in his Presidency. There was enormous pressure from the abolitionists to curtail slavery and there was equally passionate pressure from the slave owners to not only maintain slavery as an institution but expand it into the Western territories. Buchanan tried to continue what had been successful since 1787—appeasing the South and persuading the North to go along to maintain national unity. Except the nation was polarizing on the slavery issue and there was no way to “compromise” slavery any longer. Buchanan ended up alienating both sides. He left office and handed the “hot potato” to Lincoln.
John Adams Jr. was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain, and he served as the first vice president of the United States. Adams was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with many important figures in early American history, including his wife and adviser Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
