Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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.
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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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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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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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