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Quote by John Adams from the Treaty of Tripoli: The quote is from Article 11 of the US Treaty of Peace and Friendship - also known as the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli. The Senate ratified the treaty and John Adams signed it in Tripoli on November 4, 1796 - see Treaty of Peace and Friendship, Signed at Tripoli November 4, 1796 on the Yale Law School web page. For more details on John Adams (US Founding Father and 2nd President) see the wikipedia article here.


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