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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.

John Quincy Adams

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Virtue is not always amiable.
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One Liner Virtue
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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Action Improvement Mindset Moments Myself Time
Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Appearance Defeat
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Difficult Inspirational Patience Perseverance
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Democracy Foundation Human Right Theory
It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Appearance Light Mortal Purpose
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Failure Inspirational
To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Goodness Right Spiritual
I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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Heaven Herself Myself Success Wrong
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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Experiment Myself Philosophy Preparation Result Science
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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Philosophy Understand
To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Believe Honesty Man Philosophy Worst
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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Alone Lost Principle Reflection Vote
Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Forever Liberty Lost
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
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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