I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSBe a great speaker, become a leader.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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.
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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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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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Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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America, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws.
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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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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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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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