Many years later, Jefferson hailed Adams as "the pillar of support on the floor of Congress, ablest advocate and defender against the multifarious assaults it encountered."
许多年后，杰斐逊称赞亚当斯为“国会支持宣言的支柱，它最有力的拥护者和辩护者，反对它遇到的各种各样的攻击。