A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSAmerica, 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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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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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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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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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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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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