How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have.
They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.
~Søren Kierkegaard

Sunday, April 20, 2008

John Adams Miniseries

Well, posterity, you will never know what it cost us to preserve your freedom. I only hope that you will make a good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it.
 ~John Adams~

These were the closing lines of the final episode of the John Adams miniseries on HBO.  Fantastic.  You need to see it.  The above lines really put the whole thing into perspective.  I also liked the scene tonight when Adams chews out John Trumbull, who painted the famous depiction of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  He scolds him for the inaccuracy of the painting, which shows the entire Continental Congress gathered for the signing, and reminds him that, "We were at war!  Men were in and out of Philadelphia all summer to affix their names to Mr. Jefferson's hallowed document!"  Well, who knows the accuracy of that encounter?  But I love the sentiment!
Oh, and it's still amazing to me that Adams and Jefferson both died the same day--July 4, 1826.

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