Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSThough it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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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