Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the 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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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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Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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We understand now, we’ve been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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