Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSPatience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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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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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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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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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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I read my eyes out and can’t read half enough neither. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read.
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