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capri0mniAnd I found this:
I love that second bit, especially.
Notably, JQA was the sixth president of America, And the first president didn't have to run for election. This quote is coming from one of the very first people on the planet who had to invent, and find his own way through, our modern political system.
So I find that realistic, but anti-cynical, sentiment especially heartening.
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848)
I love that second bit, especially.
Notably, JQA was the sixth president of America, And the first president didn't have to run for election. This quote is coming from one of the very first people on the planet who had to invent, and find his own way through, our modern political system.
So I find that realistic, but anti-cynical, sentiment especially heartening.
