All JOHN ADAMS Quotes about “Revolution”

“As to the history of the revolution, my ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington.”
“As to the history of the revolution, my ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington.”
“This is a revolution, damn it! We're going to have to offend somebody!”
“This is a revolution, damn it! We're going to have to offend somebody!”
“We are in the the very midst of a revolution, the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations.”
“We are in the the very midst of a revolution, the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations.”

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