1271: John Adams – Ignorance of the Nature of Coin and Credit

All the perplexities, confusions, and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from a want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation. —John AdamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.50MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 316KB
All the perplexities, confusions, and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from a want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation. —John AdamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 4.50MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 424KB

All the perplexities, confusions, and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from a want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation. —John Adams