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I never, by the most distant hint to any one, expressed a wish for any public office, and I shall not now begin to ask for that which, of all others, ought to be most freely and spontaneously bestowed.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “I never, by the most distant hint to any one, expressed a wish for any public office, and I shall not now begin to ask…”
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Quincy asserts that he has never sought public office, highlighting his principled stance on political appointments.
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