"The author points out that the moral failure of Abigail Adams' brother focused her on disciplining her children, and herself, so that they did not come to the same end."
- Paul C. Nagel
"No sermon I have heard or read touched my heart with half the force of this puppet show. John Quincy Adams"
"Shakespeare's work had a liberating influence."
"John Quincy Adams strove to escape commonplace thoughts."
"Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations."
"The two grappled in the quiet of old-fashioned personal diplomacy."
"John Quincy Adams' depression was treated by his aunt with some reliable remedies, first sleep and then compassion. She said, " He was half cared for by having someone to care for him."
"The president notices that when he takes off his coat to dig, people take more notice of the visual than they did his preceding remarks."
"He must become an apprentice to ordinary life."
"I carry too much of the week into the Sabbath , and too little of the Sabbath into the week. John Quincy Adams"