Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSI am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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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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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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