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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.

John Quincy Adams

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Virtue is not always amiable.
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One Liner Virtue
Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Greatness Leadership
Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Justice Man War
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
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Alone Company Poet Yourself
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
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Difficult Inspirational Patience Perseverance
My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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Myself Ourselves Right Success
Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Body Death Language Ourselves
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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Eyes Myself Reading See
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
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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Alone Lost Principle Reflection Vote
Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Appearance Defeat
Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Book Children Exception Myself See Wife
Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Improvement Worthy
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

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