This Day In History - John Quincy Adams

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Dec 6, 1825- President John Quincy Adams in his first message to Congress called for increased funding for scientific research, the founding of a national university and a national observatory. His ideas are ridiculed by his political enemies as idiotic and his credibility was damaged by this speech. He also installed the first indoor toilets in the White House. People started calling the newfangled commodes a John-Quincy or simply a John.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

He also installed the first indoor toilets in the White House. People started calling the newfangled commodes a John-Quincy or simply a John.

I learned something new today!

[DaveE 178]

Ahhhhhhh yes, John Quincy Adams

"[W]e have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. . . . Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

PS - When I grew up in the streets of Baltimore, a John was something else entirely.

[lostinblue 1,989]

“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.”

― John Adams

[Dakine10 5,452]

“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.”

― John Adams

With all the money we spend on defense, I'm going to be a little pissed off if we get conquered and enslaved by swordsmen.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

With all the money we spend on defense, I'm going to be a little pissed off if we get conquered and enslaved by swordsmen.

One might argue we are enslaving ourselves by paying for very expensive swords on credit...especially when our greatest enemies are not soldiers but merchants.

Edited December 6, 2012 by Sousuke

[Dakine10 5,452]

One might argue we are enslaving ourselves for paying for very expensive swords on credit...especially when our greatest enemies are not soldiers but merchants.

That would probably fall under the "by debt" part, the other method that Adam's mentioned. I would agree, the much more likely scenario of the two now.