Presidents: “our Colossus on the floor”

THOMAS JEFFERSON, remembering John Adams’ speeches at the Continental Congress:

John Adams was our Colossus on the floor. He was not graceful nor elegant, nor remarkably fluent but he came out occasionally with a power of thought and expression, that moved us from our seats.

Oh, for a time machine!

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