All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.


Letter to William Eustis (22 June 1809), published in Writings of John Quincy, Adams (1914), The Macmillan company.

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John Quincy Adams Quotes

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.