No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSAmerica, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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If the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths, the existence of slavery, in any form, is a wrong.
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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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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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