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Quotation from Inaugural Address (John Adams) by John Adams
“zeal and ardor of the people during the Revolutionary war, supplying the place of government, commanded a degree of order sufficient at least for the temporary preservation of society”
Inaugural Address (John Adams), Inaugural address, second paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Adams on the order that popular enthusiasm supplied before a working government existed.
Citation: "zeal and ardor of the people during the Revolutionary war, supplying the place of government, commanded a degree of order sufficient at least for the temporary preservation of society" — John Adams, Inaugural Address (John Adams), Inaugural address, second paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id john-adams-inaugural-address-q2)
