Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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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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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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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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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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I read my eyes out and can’t read half enough neither. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read.
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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
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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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