Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIn 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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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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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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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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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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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Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws.
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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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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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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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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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