"Considered as a nation, they are deplorably wretched, because they have no property in the soil to inspire an ambition to cultivate it. They are abject slaves to the despotism of their government, and they are humiliated by tyranny, the worst of all tyrannies, the despotism of priestcraft. They live in more solemn fear of the frowns of a bigot who has been dead and rotten above a thousand years, than of the living despot whose frown would cost them their lives…The ignorance, superstitious tradition and civil and religious tyranny, which depress the human mind here, exclude improvement of every kind…"
Only by force can Muhammad's false doctrines be dispelled and his power annihilated - John Quincy Adams
Muhammad's doctrine was violence and lust: to exalt the brutal over the spritual - John Quincy Adams
While the merciless dogmas of Muhammad remain there can never be peace upon earth - John Quincy Adams
Treachery and violence are taught as principles of Mohamet's religion - John Quincy Adams
Open proclamation of hatred is the foundation of a Mahometen's discourse - John Quincy Adams
The sword of extermination is instinct with the spirit of the Koran - John Quincy Adams