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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.

John Quincy Adams

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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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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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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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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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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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