The public history of all countries, and all ages, is but a sort of mask, richly colored. The interior working of the machinery must be foul.


Diary entry [November 9,1822]

John Quincy Adams Quotes

The public history of all countries, and all ages, is but a sort of mask, richly colored. The interior working of the machinery must be foul.

The public history of all countries, and all ages, is but a sort of mask, richly colored. The interior working of the machinery must be foul.

The public history of all countries, and all ages, is but a sort of mask, richly colored. The interior working of the machinery must be foul.

The public history of all countries, and all ages, is but a sort of mask, richly colored. The interior working of the machinery must be foul.