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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSWhere annual elections end where slavery begins.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Posterity – you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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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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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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