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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.

John Quincy Adams

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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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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 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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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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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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Appearance Defeat
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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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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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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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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