OCTOBER 30 1735 – BIRTH OF JOHN ADAMS, 2ND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

1735 – BIRTH OF JOHN ADAMS, 2ND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation.  One is by the sword, the other is by debt."
"All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America aeise, not from the defects of the Constitution or confederation, not from the want of honour or virtues, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nation, of coin, credit and cirrculation."