Posterity – you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTo be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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It is my wish to fill every moment of my time with some action of the mind which may contribute to the pleasure or the improvement of my fellow creatures.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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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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