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.
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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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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