“John Quincy [Adams] threw away a tool he might have used to woo them [i.e.

the Germans of eastern Pennsylvania] back: When he was running for

re-election as president, he refused to address German-Americans in their

native tongue, even though he had lived in Germany and spoke German

fluently, on the grounds that it would be pandering.”—-America’s First Dynasty, by Rick Brookhiser, p.198.