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John Adams: Wealth Penurious
on Monday, February 28, 2022John Adams Money Quote saying the wealthy are made selfish by riches and lose their humanity. John Adams said:
“The rich are seldom remarkable for modesty, ingenuity or humanity. Their wealth has rather a tendency to make them penurious and selfish” — John Adams
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John Adams: Abhor Banking System
on Wednesday, October 27, 2021John Adams Money Quote saying banking is abhorrent when it’s about profit for bankers rather than the public good. John Adams said:
“Funds and Banks. I never approved or was Satisfied with our Funding System. It was founded on no consistent Principle. It was contrived to enrich particular Individuals at the public Expence. Our whole banking System I ever abhored, I continue to abhor, and shall die abhorring” — John Adams
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John Adams: Enslave With Debt
on Sunday, May 17, 2020John Adams Money Quote saying you can threaten someone with death or simply offer them credit to put them into debt. John Adams said:
“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt” — John Adams
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John Adams: Government Not For Profit
on Tuesday, December 1, 2015John Adams Money Quotation saying the government he helped to found was for the protection and happiness of everyone and not a limited privileged few. John Adams said:
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men” — John Adams
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Birthday October 30, 1735 – Died July 4, 1826
John Adams: Credit Causes Distress
on Tuesday, November 23, 2010John Adams Money Quotation saying failure to understand the banking system and workings of our financial system and credit machinations are at the core of American difficulties. John Adams said:
“All the perplexities, confusion and distresses in America arise not from defects in the constitution or confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, as much from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation” — John Adams
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