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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.

John Quincy Adams

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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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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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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
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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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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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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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