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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.

John Quincy Adams

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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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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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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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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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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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I read my eyes out and can’t read half enough neither. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read.
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