John Adams

"All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, so much as downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation."

John Adams
(1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President

Source: in a letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1787

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