1To John Adams from John Trumbull, 14 November 1775 (Adams Papers)
...sufficient fondness for, to be sollicitous about making its apology; and which, I assure you Sir, came very near following many of its former Brethren into the flames, as a Sacrifice to that Poetical Moloch (if such a one there be) who delights in burnt offerings of the Infants of our modern Muses; or at best was in danger of suffering perpetual imprisonment, under the Sentence of Horace...
2From John Adams to Edmund Jenings, 8 June 1779 (Adams Papers)
...which has been heard heretofore very often and sometimes with Indulgence, shall be heard again. I will not always see the Honour and Interest of my Country, intrigued away and her most solid Characters immolated at the shrine of Moloch and be Silent.
3From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan: Two Versions, 24 January 1780 (Franklin Papers)
Deleted: “Sacrifices enough have been made to Moloch.”
4To John Adams from William Cunningham, 6 May 1809 (Adams Papers)
...propriety postpone to posterity, than refer to your determination, or pronounce, to you, my own. Such is my opinion of the late Idol of the Federal party. If he would not, like “Moloch, vault over all impediments to seize the goal of his ambition,” his course was undeviatingly shaped towards it. At the fourth Presidential election, it was, I suspect, his intention to keep the Nation...
5To James Madison from Samuel Harrison, 14 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
and Welfare of my Country sacrificed to the Moloch of inexperience if not of inconsideration. With sentiments of the highest esteem and respect I remain Your most Obedient Servant
6To James Madison from Samuel Harrison, 23 November 1812 (Madison Papers)
When I view the desolation and destruction of War, when I behold the Multitudes of Blessings sacrificed to the Moloch of Inconsideration, and inexperience, I must lament, I cannot help but proclaim to your Excellency, “Destruction upon Destruction is cried, for the whole land is spoiled, suddenly are my Tents spoiled, and My Curtains as in...
7From John Adams to Samuel Miller, 7 July 1820 (Adams Papers)
....—I have been overwhelmed with horror to see the natural love and fear of that Being wrought upon by Politicians to produce the most horrid Cruelties, Superstitions, and Hypocrisy—From the Sacrificesto Moloch down to these of Juganaut, and the Sacrifices of the Kings Whydah and Ashantee, the great result of all my researches has been a most diffusive and comprehensive Charity—I believe with...