Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSLiberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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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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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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