Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSCourage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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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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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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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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In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they 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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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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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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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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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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