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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf 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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is, the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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