From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTry and fail, but don’t fail to try.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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If the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths, the existence of slavery, in any form, is a wrong.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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 be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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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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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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