If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management of the common concerns of a mighty nation, those doubts have been dispelled.


The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams (ed. 1946)

John Quincy Adams Quotes

If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management...

If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management...

If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management...

If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management...