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I request that they may be considered in confidence, until the members of Congress are fully possessed of their contents, and shall have had opportunity to deliberate on the consequences of their publication; after which time, I submit them to your wisdom.   Adams, John

Source: President JOHN ADAMS, message to both houses of Congress transmitting dispatches from France, April 3, 1798.The Works of John Adams, ed. Charles Francis Adams, vol. 9, p. 158 . · This quote is about uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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