The fundamental article of my political creed is that despotism, or unlimited sovereignty, or absolute power, is the same in a majority of a popular assembly, an aristocratical council, an oligarchical junto, and a single emperor. Equally arbitrary, cruel, bloody, and in every respect diabolical. –John Adams, Letter to Thomas Jefferson (November 13, 1815)
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Founding Fathers Quote Friday: Liberty
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