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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSFrom the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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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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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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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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Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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