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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.

John Quincy Adams

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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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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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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, once lost, is lost forever.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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