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The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican government is practicable in a nation or not.
John Quincy Adams
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John Quincy Adams
Age: 80 †
Born: 1767
Born: July 11
Died: 1848
Died: February 23
6Th U.S. President
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