1From 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...
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.