Public business, my son, must always be done by somebody. It will be done by somebody or other. If wise men decline it, others will not; if honest men refuse it, others will not.
– John Adams to his son Thomas Boylston Adams, September 2, 1789.
Public business, my son, must always be done by somebody. It will be done by somebody or other. If wise men decline it, others will not; if honest men refuse it, others will not.
– John Adams to his son Thomas Boylston Adams, September 2, 1789.