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

John Quincy Adams

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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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Gratitude Leaving Soul Thinking
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
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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Man Myself Nation Politics
Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Deep Value World
Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

People Practice Virtue Wisdom
To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Believe Honesty Man Philosophy Worst
Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.
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Character Hands Nation Oneself War
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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Goodness Preservation Yourself
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Alone Company Poet Yourself
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Failure Inspirational
Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Forever Liberty Lost
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Difficult Inspirational Patience Perseverance
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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Philosophy Understand
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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Existence Greatness Knowledge Life

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