You have recently seen him stand as unmoved as the rock of Gibraltar, defending the right of petition, and the constitutional privileges of the representatives of the people, assembled in Congress, though fiercely assailed by friends and by foes.
Quincy commends Adams for his steadfast defense of constitutional rights amidst political opposition.
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That the direct and infallible path to the Presidency is military service, coupled with demagogue policy. 2d.
There is no absolute monarch on earth who is not compelled, by the constitution of his country, to receive the petitions of his people, whosoever they may be.
This error has nowhere been more frequently repeated, nowhere been of more pernicious tendency, than in America itself.
The tongue of falsehood can never be silenced.
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