[DOC] [TLE] This Day in Quotes: Facts are stubborn things [PAR] Dec 4, 2015 ... But it did distort what happened at the Boston Massacre on the night of March 5, 
1770. ... Eight other British soldiers came out on the street to help their comrade. 
... asked local lawyer (and future president) John Adams to defend them. .... said 
Facts are stubborn things  without mentioning that he was... [DOC] [TLE] Key Figures in the Boston Massacre Trial [PAR] John Adams, in his old age, called his defense of British soldiers in 1770 "one of 
the ... "Facts are stubborn things," he concluded, "and whatever may be our ... Still
, Hutchinson resisted demands for quick trials--"so that," he said, "people may... [DOC] [TLE] Facts Are Stubborn Things | Quote Investigator [PAR] Jun 18, 2010 ... ... we studied the Boston Massacre and our history book said that John Adams, ... 
a legal defense for the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. ... But 
Facts are Stubborn Things And therefore, when he comes to the... [DOC] [TLE] The Boston Massacre Trials | John Adams Historical Society [PAR] At the end of March 1770, just three weeks after the Boston Massacre, a grand ... 
But why did John Adams and Josiah Quincy agree to take on the defense of men 
... While he strongly believed that all men were entitled to a fair trial and that they 
... Thomas Gage, the commander of British troops in America, urged Thomas... [DOC] [TLE] Speech by John Adams at the Boston Massacre Trial [PAR] They swear, they thought him in liquor-that he run about clapping several ... Such 
things are not new in the world, nor in the British dominions, though they are ... 
the soldiers, for he was engaged against them at the Rope-walks; he says he 
saw ... Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our 
inclinations,... [DOC] [TLE] Quote Details: John Adams: Facts are stubborn things;... - The ... [PAR] Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or 
the ... John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre
... [DOC] [TLE] About the Title | Facts Are Stubborn Things [PAR] In 1768, British soldiers were posted in Boston to help British officials enforce the 
... in a tragic incident that came to be known as "The Boston Massacre". ... Adams 
knew he was risking his reputation, but firmly believed in the principle that every 
... Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations,... [DOC] [TLE] John Adams and The Boston Massacre | Boston Tea Party Museum [PAR] Aug 21, 2014 ... John Adams was the defense attorney for the British Redcoats and Captain ... 
Read about how he defended the soldiers. ... Happy to say that we are open! ..... 
In defense, John reminded the jury that Facts are stubborn things,... [DOC] [TLE] Stubborn things: 9 quotes falsely attributed to our Founding... [PAR] Jul 3, 2014 ... Facts are stubborn things, as President John Adams once said. ... When he made 
that statement during his successful defense of the British soldiers who fired upon 
the crowd during the Boston Massacre, he was likely quoting a proverb 
previously quoted by at least two French writers, Tobias Smollett and... [DOC] [TLE] As John Adams stated: Facts are stubborn things; and whatever ... [PAR] Oct 6, 2016 ... As John Adams stated: Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our 
wishes .... said those lines during his successful defense of the British soldiers 
accused of murder during the Boston Massacre. For one of the colonies' most 
ardent revolutionaries, he defended those soldiers because he knew that... [DOC] [TLE] John Adams - Wikiquote [PAR] Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or 
the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter ..... I had heard my father say that he 
never knew a piece of land run away or break. ..... In 1770, Adams defended the 
British soldiers who

Question: Defending British soldiers for the Boston Massacre, he said, "Facts are stubborn things"
Answer: John Adams