Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSWhere annual elections end where slavery begins.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTo believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths, the existence of slavery, in any form, is a wrong.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSA 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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSAlways vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSPosterity – you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSI cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSThe will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSLiberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSAlways vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIt was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSThus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSWe understand now, we’ve been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSMy toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSI read my eyes out and can’t read half enough neither. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS