evidence: On April 5, 2024, the Wall Street Silver (@wallstreetsilv) account on X posted a meme claiming former U.S. President John Adams once said or wrote, "There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. [...] As for other debunkings, back in 2010, Gary North of the Gary North's Specific Answers website also wrote that Adams never said these words. North then published a second article where he carefully explained why it wouldn't matter if a bunch of search results said someone once said something. It's documentary evidence that matters, not search results, North contended. [...] We're not advocating for correcting friends at dinner about unimportant matters with an "actually …" declaration. What we are saying, however, is Adams never said the quote about conquering and enslaving a country by sword or debt.