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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.

John Quincy Adams

Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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Promise Slave
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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Earth Government Happiness People Willing
Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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People Practice Virtue Wisdom
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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Desire Discover Early Heart Man Praise Recognition
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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Philosophy Understand
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Courage Difficult Inspirational Magic Perseverance
Virtue is not always amiable.
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One Liner Virtue
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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Gratitude Leaving Soul Thinking
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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Man Myself Nation Politics
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Democracy Foundation Human Right Theory
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Knowledge Liberty People
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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Existence Greatness Knowledge Life
I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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Myself Poet Warrior
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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Character Hands Nation Oneself War
I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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Heaven Herself Myself Success Wrong
If 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.
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Existence Fundamental Independence Principle Slave Truth Wrong

Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.

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