{"title":"John Adams","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Adams (1735–1826) was a Harvard-educated lawyer, the second President of the United States, and one of the most intellectually rigorous of the Founding Fathers. He believed that the law required honest representation regardless of political pressure — which is why, as a committed patriot, he defended the eight British soldiers charged after the Boston Massacre. Six were acquitted. Adams considered it one of the most important things he ever did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quote on the Quoteiac design — \u003cem\u003e\"Facts are stubborn things\"\u003c\/em\u003e — comes from that closing argument, delivered December 4, 1770. It is not a philosophical observation. It is a courtroom argument: that what you want to be true cannot override what the evidence shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdams served as the first Vice President under Washington and the second President, 1797–1801. His late-life correspondence with Thomas Jefferson — written after decades of political rivalry — is one of the great epistolary records in American history. Both men died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"facts-are-stubborn-things-adams-quote-t-shirt","title":"Facts Are Stubborn Things — Adams Quote T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eA John Adams quote shirt featuring “Facts are stubborn things…” from his closing argument at the Boston Massacre Trial, 1770. Civic literary apparel by Quoteiac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Adams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Facts are stubborn things…”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn December 1770, John Adams stood in a Boston courtroom and defended eight British soldiers charged with murder. Five colonists had been killed on King Street. The city wanted a conviction. Adams, a committed patriot who would go on to become the second President of the United States, took the case anyway — because he believed the law required an honest defense regardless of political pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis closing argument has outlasted everything else from that trial: \u003cem\u003e“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was not making a philosophical observation. He was arguing, in a room full of people who wanted the wrong verdict, that what you want to be true and what is true are two different things. Six of the eight soldiers were acquitted. Adams considered it one of the most important things he ever did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis isn’t a t-shirt. It’s a verdict.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou’re not the person who goes along with the consensus when the evidence points elsewhere. You’re the one who knows the difference between what people want to hear and what the record actually shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’ve ever:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCited a source in a conversation and watched the room go quiet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRefused to sign off on something because the numbers didn’t add up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefended an unpopular position because the evidence left you no choice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe medium matches the message. All-caps display text between warm burnished rules — the typographic language of 18th-century proclamations and court notices — because Adams said this in a courtroom, not a lecture hall. “STUBBORN” sits larger than the words around it: the word that means \u003cem\u003ewon’t budge\u003c\/em\u003e refuses to be subordinated by its own sentence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Tee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% ring-spun cotton — garment-dyed, heavyweight, substantial without being stiff\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelaxed fit — slightly boxy, broken-in feel from first wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSizes S–4XL — a premium quote tee that wears like it’s been lived in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine wash cold, tumble dry low\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuoteiac logo on sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lawyer who knows facts don’t bend to a better argument. The history teacher who has been citing the Boston Massacre Trial for twenty years. The civic gift for a law school graduation, a retirement, or anyone exhausted by motivated reasoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWear the verdict.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eJohn Adams, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 1735–1826, Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarvard-educated lawyer who defended the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trial — the most unpopular case in Boston — on principle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecond President of the United States, 1797–1801; first Vice President under Washington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis late-life correspondence with Thomas Jefferson — written after decades of political rivalry — is one of the great epistolary records in American history. Both men died on July 4, 1826 — the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelevant now: the phrase “alternative facts” entered the language in 2017. 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