"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."<ref>John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770 [http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/3235.html The Quotations Page] </ref> | "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."<ref>John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770 [http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/3235.html The Quotations Page] </ref> |