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John Quincy Adams Quotes: Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.
         

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.


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