Quote by John Adams
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chic

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. – John Adams

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I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy…. – John Adams

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Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination – everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell. – John Adams

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