[nonliberal]

Not just that, Adams was one of the few who would not have been given amnesty had the British won. He would have been hanged.

He endured YEARS away from his family and home for the betterment of America and ran the bureaucracy behind the Revolutionary effort singlehandedly at times.

[This I Wonder32460]

I like the following lines from the movie 1776:

“Abigail: I never asked for more. After all, I am Mrs. John Adams and that’s quite enough for one lifetime.
John Adams: Is it, Abby?
Abigail: Well, think of it, John, to be married to the man who is always the first in line to be hanged!”

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068156/quotes