Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSThus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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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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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.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the 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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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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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS