• Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

    John Quincy Adams: Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.
    "Novanglus or A History of the Dispute with America, From Its Origin in 1754 to the Present Time (Essay No. 3)". Essays by John Quincy Adams, first published in the Boston Gazette, 1774-1775.