Quote by John Quincy Adams
“Furchtlos entgegnete ihm der Held mit dem nickenden Helmbusch: »Sohn des Peleus, hoffe mich nicht mit Worten zu schrecken, so, als sei ich ein Knabe. Auch ich verstehe vortrefflich, kränkende oder auch frevelhaft prahlende Worte zu sprechen. Du bist tüchtig, ich weiß es, ich bin dir weit unterlegen. Aber der Ausgang des Kampfes liegt im Schoße der Götter: ob ich nicht trotzdem, bin ich auch schwächer, durch Speerwurf dich töte; denn es besitzt auch mein Speer eine stechende Spitze!”
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John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829. He was also an American diplomat and served in both the Senate and House of Representatives. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties.
During his term as president, however, Adams achieved little of consequence in foreign affairs. A reason for this was the opposition he faced in Congress, where his rivals prevented him from succeeding.
Among the few diplomatic achievements of his administration were treaties of reciprocity with a number of nations, including Denmark, Mexico, the Hanseatic League, the Scandinavian countries, Prussia and Austria. However, thanks to the successes of Adams' diplomacy during his previous eight years as Secretary of State, most of the foreign policy issues he would have faced had been resolved by the time he became President.