A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSMove or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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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.
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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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