Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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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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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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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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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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