Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSAmerica, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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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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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Power 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.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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