At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.
“I would rather have a competent extremist than an incompetent moderate.”
“We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.”