Virtue is not always amiable.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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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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America, 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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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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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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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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