Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSCourage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSAmerica, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTo believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSLiberty, once lost, is lost forever.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSPatience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSPower always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSGratitude, 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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSMy toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf 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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTry and fail, but don’t fail to try.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSThough it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSOccasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSLiberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSWe understand now, we’ve been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSMove or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS