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Quotes from Complete Book of U.S. Presidents — John Adams

1735–1826 United States

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There are few people in this world with whom I can converse.

Complete Book of U.S. Presidents (1984)

I can treat all with decency and civility, and converse with them, when it is necessary, on points of business. But I am never happy in their company.

Complete Book of U.S. Presidents (1984)

There was a physical quality in us resembling the power of electricity or of the magnet, by which when a pair approached within a striking distance they flew together like the needle to the pole or like two objects in electric experiments.

Complete Book of U.S. Presidents (1984)

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