(Source: marthajefferson, via wifeofbath)

(via unreasonablyme)

(Source: marthajefferson)

It will be a great loss to me, Thomas

(Source: bericdondarrion)

“There’s a certain idealism that was involved in the attempt to create a new society, not just to cut away from the King, but an attempt to create a completely new way of living.”

(Source: deadbishop)

ariel2me:

Mrs. Adams: I confess I was ashamed to be seen looking at them. I’m not accustomed to seeing such intimacy on display. (Laughs)

Jefferson: Well, you seemed quite transported.

Mrs. Adams: I was. I’m embarrassed to admit it.

Jefferson: I am resolved to renounce embarrassment in favor of enjoyment.

~ HBO John Adams

ariel2me:

Jefferson: I fear our revolution would have been in vain if a Virginia farmer is to be held in hock to a New York stock jobber, who in turn is in hock to a London banker. The opportunities for avarice and corruption would certainly prove irresistible.

Hamilton: Well there you have it. As I have heard said, if men were angels, then no government would be necessary.

~ HBO John Adams (2008)