“Government is instituted for the common good: for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men.” JOHN ADAMS
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He also wrote to his wife upon moving into the White House, “I pray Heaven bestow the best of blessings on this house and all who shall hereafter and inhabit it. May none but wise and honest men ever rule under its roof.” Well, that was fun while it lasted:(
“Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those who they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. ”
G. Washington