The nation which enjoys the most freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its numbers the most powerful nation.
— John Quincy Adams
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Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the most freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its numbers the most powerful nation.
Quote Source Information
• Letter to James Lloyd (1 October 1822)
• Source: Wikiquote: "John Quincy Adams" (Quotes)
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Name: John Quincy Adams by GPA Healy, 1858
Summary: Inscribed: Yes Inscription Type: signed and dated Inscription Location: lower right Inscription Text: G.P.A. Healy, 1864 Inscription Type 2: inscribed Inscription Location 2: on reverse Inscription Text 2: John Quincy Adams. / Painted in Chicago. / July 21, 1858. -by- / Geo. P.A. Healy Acquisition Information: U. S. government purchase Acquisition Number: 858.1354.1
Description: American portrait painter
Date: 1858date QS:P571,+1858-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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