The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
Posterity – you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
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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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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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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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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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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