We understand now, we’ve been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTo be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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