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To believe that everyone is honest is folly, but to believe that no one is honest is worse.
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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Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.
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I want a warm and faithful friend, To cheer the adverse hour Who ne'er to flatter will descend, Nor bend the knee to power,- A friend to chide me when I'm wrong, My inmost soul to see And that my friendship prove as strong For him as his for me.
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I would much rather be found guilty of making a serious mistake in judgment, than to be accused of being even a little bit insincere.
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