My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSFrom the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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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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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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