Ambition distorts even memory itself. John Quincy Adams — Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life
Ambition distorts even memory itself. John Quincy Adams — Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life
Ambition distorts even memory itself. John Quincy Adams — Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life
Ambition distorts even memory itself. John Quincy Adams — Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life
Ambition distorts even memory itself. John Quincy Adams — Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life
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Ambition distorts even memory itself. John Quincy Adams

— Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life
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