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John Adams | Fear is the foundation of most governments

“Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable, that Americans will not be likely to approve of any political institution which is founded on it.” John Adams “Angst ist die Grundlage der meisten Regierungen; aber sie ist eine so schmutzige und brutale Leidenschaft und macht die Menschen, in deren Brust sie vorherrscht, so dumm und unglücklich, dass die Amerikaner wahrscheinlich keine politische Institution gutheißen werden, die auf ihr beruht.” Nützliche…

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John Quincy Adams | I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry

“I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry, if not the greatest, is one of the greatest moral and political evils under which the Union is now laboring … a conspiracy of the few against the equal rights of the many …Masonry ought forever to be abolished. It is wrong – essentially wrong – a seed of evil, which can never produce any good.” John Quincy Adams | was an American politician and diplomat and the sixth President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to…

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John Adam | All the Perplexities, Confusions and Distresses in America

“All the Perplexities, Confusions and Distresses in America arise not from defects in their Constitutions or Confederation, not from a want of Honour or Virtue, So much as from downright Ignorance of the Nature of Coin, Credit and Circulation.” John Adams | 25. August 1787 an Thomas Jefferson “Alle Schwierigkeiten, Verwirrungen und Bedrängnisse in Amerika rühren nicht von Mängeln in ihren Verfassungen oder ihrer Konföderation her, nicht von einem Mangel an Ehre oder Tugend, sondern von der völligen Unkenntnis der Natur der Münze, des Kredits und des Umlaufs.” Nützliche und…