“[T]he old ideal of devotion to the public good had been supplanted by rampant avarice; the love of country, by a love of luxury.”
“Money, wrote James Warren bitterly, was all that mattered anymore. ‘Patriotism is ridiculed,’ he had warned Adams. ‘Integrity and ability are of little consequence’.”
John Adams (2001) by David MCullough at 398
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CHAD, County Sheriff of San Bernardino Co. gets my virtual vote. Although Protestants have personality, Catholics seem to be more DOGE-LIKE. Charity is more rampant at #PepperdineCaruso. Furious indignation. Italian-Americans are equals. CHAD is RAD. Post-commentary by John Rubens: subtext: Although Protestants have personality, Catholics seem to be more DOGE-LIKE. Charity is more rampant at…
Maybe subconsciously, @KennyPolcari helped me make these posts. Re: Lawyers, Insurance, currency. #LennonMcCartney “I want money.” LENNON: Look you son-of-an American. PAUL: Too bad the Americans never understood John.
Maybe subconsciously, @KennyPolcari helped me make these posts. Re: Lawyers, Insurance, currency. #LennonMcCartney “I want money.” Dear Poor PEOPLE: Charles Dickens is a friend, Edgar Allan Poe is too. Hermann Hesse is disgusted. Thank you, JOHN MATTHEW RUBENS against THE STATE BAR.
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