Wise and free Nations have made it their Rule, never to vote their Donations of Money to their Kings to enable them to carry on the Affairs of Government, until they had Opportunities to examine the State of the Nation, and to remonstrate against Grievances and demand and obtain the Redress of them.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)

Diary (1772, Spring), “Notes for a Oration at Braintree”
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