Insulting Language Quotes
The President had told the library director that during his administrations he had received some very mean letters and perhaps one of two of them should be exhibited in the Presidential Library. The library staff looked through the letters and came up with one which Middleton then showed to LBJ.
Even in the early days of our Republic, many people were hostile to the government that they had created, Adams, a politician with a very thin skin, was insulted by the public criticizing the government after having elected it. His concept was that the public should elect their representatives and leaders and then live with what the representatives and leaders do. He in particular came in for much public criticism and insult and even passed laws – the Alien and Sedition Acts – making it illegal to verbally attack the government.
