To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSThough it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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