You will not know the need for Diplomacy till a Mosquito lands on your Testicles.
In his July 3 letter to Abigail, John Adams described what lay ahead: “I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States.” But he added,
Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not."
