The only possible chance for a head of a department to attain the Presidency is by ingratiating himself with the members of Congress; and as many of them have objects of their own to obtain, the temptation is immense to corrupt coalitions, and tends to make all the public offices objects of bargain and sale.
Quincy highlights the corrupting influence of political alliances on public office and the presidency.
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But, if we go to war, what must be the effect of the peace that follows?
I have no doubt our citizens will rally a second time round the standard of Common Sense.
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.
He considered himself placed between two batteries, neither of which regarded him as one of their soldiers.
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