A Quote by John Quincy Adams

The extremes of opulence and of want are more remarkable, and more constantly obvious, in [Great Britain] than in any other place that I ever saw.

John Quincy Adams

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John Quincy Adams
American - President
July 11, 1767 - February 23, 1848

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