"The precept of the Koran is, perpetual war against all who deny, that Mahomet is the prophet of God. The vanquished may purchase their lives, by the payment of tribute; the victorious may be appeased by a false and delusive promise of peace; and the faithful follower of the prophet, may submit to the imperious necessities of defeat: but the command to propagate the Moslem creed by the sword is always obligatory, when it can be made effective. The commands of the prophet may be performed alike, by fraud, or by force."
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Passage comparing by an anonymous author in The American Annual Register for the Years 1827-8-9 (1830), edited by , Ch. X, p. 269; Robert Spencer attributed the authorship to John Quincy Adams in ' (2005), p. 83, but provided no clear documentation as to why this attribution was made.
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