In defending British soldiers on trial for this 1770 event, John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things"
... perhaps to die, then the 
citizen will say, whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for 
innocence... [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 most ... "Facts are stubborn things," he concluded, "and whatever may be our 
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