https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:52:13 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/adams-john-quincy/83957/ https://wist.info/adams-john-quincy/83957/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:17:15 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=83957 I have, and must have, confidence in the possible virtue of human nature; and although in entertaining this idea, a man must, and will sometimes, be disappointed, yet if it is coupled with a sound judgment and close observations, I believe he could make fewer great mistakes, than one whose principle is the universal rascality of the species.

John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) US President (1825-29)
Letter (1809-06-22) to William Eustis
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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) French emperor, military leader
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