1812: John Adams: “posterity must judge”

JOHN ADAMS, in a letter to Jefferson, 1812:

Whether you or I were right posterity must judge. I never have approved and never can approve the repeal of taxes, the repeal of the judiciary system, or the neglect of the navy. Checks and balances, Jefferson, however you and your party may have ridiculed them, are our only security.

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