Quote#Politics & Power
The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil…
Quote byJohn Quincy Adams · 1767–1848
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Society and Civilization" in the American Review (July 1845).
English (original)
the great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil government of a community, that this gradation of duties, may be made to harmonize in all its parts — that in the operation of human institutions upon social action, self-love and social may be made the same.
— John Quincy Adams
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