If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve? - "John Adams"

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
John Adams

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- John Adams
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All the perplexities, confusions, and distresses in America arise, not from defects in their constitution or confederation, not from a want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.
- John Adams