Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSThough it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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We understand now, we’ve been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.
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A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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America, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
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Posterity – you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
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It is my wish to fill every moment of my time with some action of the mind which may contribute to the pleasure or the improvement of my fellow creatures.
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Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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