Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSYou will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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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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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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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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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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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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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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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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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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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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