Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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I read my eyes out and can’t read half enough neither. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read.
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In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.
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