Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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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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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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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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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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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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