America, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSFrom the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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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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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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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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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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