Political Quotes

“I am glad you mentioned Abigail Adams for the wonderful letters the two of them wrote for each other. Here he was going to become President of the United States--he thought. He wasn't quite sure, you will find, as you get through the book. He wound up winning that election by three votes over Thomas Jefferson. The letters from the very beginning, from Abigail to John, are wonderful. I mean, you could put those letters together--I am sure we have only seen a few of them that David McCullough selected. But they were love letters. These two people were madly in love with each other from the time they started writing, when he went away to do his government stuff, clear across the ocean. They would wait months, sometimes, to get answers to letters they had written. But I was terribly struck by the letter she wrote to John Adams when he learned he was going to be President of the United States. In this letter she expressed her love for this man that she couldn't bear to be away from, and that they would be together soon. So you are absolutely right. John Adams could not have made it but for Abigail.”