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John Quincy Adams

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Courage Difficult Inspirational Magic Perseverance
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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Man Myself Nation Politics
It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Appearance Light Mortal Purpose
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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Earth Government Happiness People Willing
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Knowledge Liberty People
Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Body Death Language Ourselves
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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Gratitude Leaving Soul Thinking
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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Charity Compassionate Human Man
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Beginning End Politics Slave
From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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Experience Future Lesson Past
Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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People Practice Virtue Wisdom
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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Eyes Myself Reading See
I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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Heaven Herself Myself Success Wrong
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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Character Hands Nation Oneself War
To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Believe Honesty Man Philosophy Worst
Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Justice Man War

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