It is my wish to fill every moment of my time with some action of the mind which may contribute to the pleasure or the improvement of my fellow creatures.
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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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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America, 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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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