President john adams ultimately lost to Vice President Thomas Jefferson. While the transfer of power was ultimately peaceful, adams did forgo his successors inauguration. I think that has also happened d another time or two. They remained at odds for many, many years. Itit was only later during their retirement did they actually rekindle their friendship. Discussing many different topics in their correspondence including the topic of death. Adams actually wrote to jefferson in 1822 these words quote i answer your question is death and evil . It is not an evil it is a blessing to the individual and to the world. Yet we ought not to wish fort to life becomes insupportable. He was 86 years old when he wrote this note. Perhaps adams had become comfortable with the idea of leaving the world. But it was four years later that both men adams and jefferson passed away on the same exact day july 4, 1826. While he was not present when his father died John Quincy Adams later recorded his fathers l
as many of you know, the most divisive perhaps one of the most divisive elections in our nation s history was the election hundred president john adams ultimately lost to vice president thomas jefferson. and while the transfer of power was ultimately peaceful. adams did forego his successors inauguration. i think that s also happened another time or two, but i won t bring that up. and those two men actually remained at odds for many many years. it was only later during their retirement. did they actually rekindle their friendship? discussing many different topics in their correspondence including the topic of death adams actually wrote to jefferson in 1822 these words quote. i answer your question. is death an evil? it is not an evil. is a blessing. to the individual and to the world yet we ought not to wish for it. to life becomes in supportable end quote he was 86 years old when he wrote this note. perhaps adams had become comfortable with the idea of leaving the world. but
victims of gun violence from every u.s. state and territory. my fellow americans, enough. enough. it s time for each of us to do our part. it s time to act. for the children we ve lost, the children we can save, for the nation we love. let s hear the call and the cry. let s meet the moment. let us finally do something. the president laid down a marker to expected opposition from republican lawmakers. don t tell me raising the age won t make a difference. enough. my god, the fact that the majority of the senate republicans don t want any of these proposals, even to be gate debated or come up with a vote i find unconscionable. let s talk about the specifics of what the president laid out last night. tom foreman is here with that. again, some very specific plans put forth, tom. yeah, a lot of bullet points we can talk about here. i don t mean to make a pun there. the first one to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines. this was they want to reinstate the 199
election of many of you know most divisive, perhaps one of the most divisive elections in our nation s history was the election of 1800 president john adams ultimately lost to vice president thomas jefferson and while the transfer of power was ultimately peaceful, adams did forego his successor s inauguration. i think that has also happened another time or two, but i won t bring that up. [laughter] and those two men actually remained at odds for many, many, years. it was only later during their retirement did they actually rekindle their friendship, discussing many different topics in their correspondance, including the topic of death. adams actually wrote to jefferson in 1822 these words, quote, i answer your question, is death an evil? it is not an evil. it is a blessing to the individual and to the world. yet, we ought not to wish for it, to life becomes insupportable, end quote. he was 86 years old when he wrote this note. perhaps adams had become comfortable with the ide
inauguration. i think that has also happened another time or two, but i won t bring that up. [laughter] and those two men actually remained at odds for many, many, years. it was only later during their retirement did they actually rekindle their friendship, discussing many different topics in their correspondance, including the topic of death. adams actually wrote to jefferson in 1822 these words, quote, i answer your question, is death an evil? it is not an evil. it is a blessing to the individual and to the world. yet, we ought not to wish for it, to life becomes insupportable, end quote. he was 86 years old when he wrote this note. perhaps adams had become comfortable with the idea of leaving the world. but it was four years later that both men, adams and jefferson, passed away on the same exact day, july 4th, 1826. and while he was not present when his father died, john quincy adams later recorded his father s last words, three very poignant words, thomas jefferson surviv