America, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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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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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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.
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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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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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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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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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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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