John Adams Quote

The furnace of affliction produces refinement in states as well as individuals. And the new Governments we are assuming in every part will require a purification from our vices, and an augmentation of our virtues, or there will be no blessings.

Letters of John Adams: Addressed to His Wife (ed. 1841)

The furnace of affliction produces refinement in states as well as individuals. And the new Governments we are assuming in every part will require a...

The furnace of affliction produces refinement in states as well as individuals. And the new Governments we are assuming in every part will require a...

The furnace of affliction produces refinement in states as well as individuals. And the new Governments we are assuming in every part will require a...

The furnace of affliction produces refinement in states as well as individuals. And the new Governments we are assuming in every part will require a...