Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSLiberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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