No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIt 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.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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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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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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