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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams

Gratitude, warm, sincere, intense, when it takes possession of the bosom, fills the soul to overflowing and scarce leaves room for any other sentiment or thought.
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Gratitude Leaving Soul Thinking
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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Destroy Freedom Herself Independence Search
Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Beginning End Politics Slave
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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Beyond God Greatness Law Power Service Soul Thinking
Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Improvement Worthy
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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Man Myself Nation Politics
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Alone Company Poet Yourself
To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is, the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence.
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Existence Greatness Knowledge Life
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Failure Inspirational
Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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People Practice Virtue Wisdom
Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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Promise Slave
To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Believe Honesty Man Philosophy Worst
It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Appearance Light Mortal Purpose
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Knowledge Liberty People
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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Character Hands Nation Oneself War
Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Justice Man War

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