Virtue is not always amiable.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSAlways vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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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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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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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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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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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