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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIt was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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