And: “If any founder deserves to be celebrated in Israel, it is Adams. Thomas Jefferson thought little of the Jewish intellectual legacy. But the Jews were ‘the most glorious nation that ever inhabited this Earth,’ Adams insisted. ‘The Romans and their Empire were but a Bauble in comparison of the Jews. They have given religion to three quarters of the Globe and have influenced the affairs of Mankind more, and more happily, than any other Nation ancient or modern.’”
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/noahs-ark-and-ours/
Link at http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/
In reading about Adams the president, I gathered he was self-centered, too much interested in how people perceived him at the moment and how he would be seen by generations to come. In his remarks about Jews, though, Adams shows his belief in God and the future of both the United States and the to-be nation of Israel.
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