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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSA 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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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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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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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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