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Laboring always at the same oar, with some wave ever ahead threatening to overwhelm us and yet passing harmless under our bark, we knew not how, we rode through the storm with heart and hand, and made a happy port.

——TJ to JA, Jan.21.1812

Happy fourth of July!

#john adams #thomas jefferson #jedams

ludovicus-phytalmios

Happy 250th Independence Day🎉

我还记得他们……

doodle-blight

All of Star-Spangled Afterlife’s Founding Fathers have been redesigned! The newest addition: John Adams🪶

Happy Birthday Mr.A

(&Happy Halloween lol)

#jedams #john adams #thomas jefferson

sweetmaggie

something something france something something

spaghetti-number1rated1997

Thomas Jefferson from @doodle-blight ‘s Star Spangled Afterlife AU ⭐️

and quincy plus his parents (plural) doodle that I had to finish before I continued jefferson..

quincy and his two fathers on top (until the show comes out star spangled afterlife Adams and Jefferson will bicker like an old married couple in my mind)

abigail doesnt deserve to be stuck with them 🫡

Happy 4th of July (?

#jedams #thomas jefferson #john adams

ludovicus-phytalmios

两个b.

ucnps

Premier Marriage Mediator Dr.Rush lol

problematic-president

ucnps

hahaha

Happy Holidays

#jedams #john adams #thomas jefferson #1776 musical

ludovicus-phytalmios

。。。🐟🚲

ucnps

…wow

if-men-were-angels

do you think that james madison would’ve liked ice cream sandwiches

like I can imagine him going to his study after sneaking them and just munching on a few

(a distinguished gentleman dining on a sophisticated dessert)

ucnps

so sweet

papers-pamphlet

John Adams, one of the most intellectually complex figures of America's founding generation, embodied the tension between idealism and pragmatism that defines much of the human experience. A man of intense conviction, Adams believed deeply in the principles of liberty and self-governance, yet he was also acutely aware of the frailty and fallibility of human nature. His presidency, marked by difficult decisions such as the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts, reveals a leader caught between the noble aspirations of democracy and the harsh realities of statecraft. Adams understood that freedom, while a divine right, also demanded responsibility and restraint—a truth that often led him to make unpopular choices for the sake of national security.

This is what makes him such an interesting historical figure. He is morally grey, and forces us to ask the hard hitting questions like:

Was it worth violating the 1st Amendment for the safety of his people?

Does this correlate to his non-hostility of a monarchy?

Did John Adams areolas look like iHop pancakes?

These are the questions philosophers will be asking for centuries.

So tru-- WHAT

ucnps

???

Ok if someone finds this out pls tell me