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Quotation from Inaugural Address (John Adams) by John Adams
“Can anything essential, anything more than mere ornament and decoration, be added to this by robes and diamonds”
Inaugural Address (John Adams), Inaugural address, middle section (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Adams contrasts elected republican government with hereditary monarchy.
Citation: "Can anything essential, anything more than mere ornament and decoration, be added to this by robes and diamonds" — John Adams, Inaugural Address (John Adams), Inaugural address, middle section (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id john-adams-inaugural-address-q6)
