Internal Intrigues
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"internal intrigues ... are and will be our ruin." John Adams
The internal intrigues of our monied and landed and slaved aristocracies are and will be our ruin.
John Adams, 1805, in a letter to Benjamin Rush
clipped December 20, 2004
Collection: American History - Politics and World Affairs