A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSBe a great speaker, become a leader.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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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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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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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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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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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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.
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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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