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That the direct and infallible path to the Presidency is military service, coupled with demagogue policy. 2d.
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Quincy argues that military service combined with demagoguery is a direct path to the presidency, critiquing political ambition.
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This rendered it more unavoidable that the remainder of the continent should ultimately be ours.
He considered himself placed between two batteries, neither of which regarded him as one of their soldiers.
Adams remarked: "He has all the contracted prejudices of that political sect; his whole system of government is comprised in the maxim of leaving money in the pockets of the people.
Adams replied: "I well know this; but labor I shall not refuse so long as my hands, my eyes, and my brain, do not desert me.
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