No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. He will make one man ungrateful, and a hundred men his enemies, for every office he can bestow.


Letter to Josiah Quincy III (14 February 1825)


No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. He will make one man ungrateful, and a hundred men his...

No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. He will make one man ungrateful, and a hundred men his...

No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. He will make one man ungrateful, and a hundred men his...

No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. He will make one man ungrateful, and a hundred men his...