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  1. A quotation from John Adams

    Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must never be trusted without a Check.

    John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
    Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/34664/

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  2. A quotation from John Adams

    There is Danger from all Men. The only Maxim of a free Government, ought to be to trust no Man living, with Power to endanger the public Liberty.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Diary (1772, Spring), “Notes for a Oration at Braintree”

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/6021/

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