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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.

John Quincy Adams

If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Deep Value World
Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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Promise Slave
Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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People Practice Virtue Wisdom
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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Character Hands Nation Oneself War
I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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Myself Poet Warrior
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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Existence Fundamental Independence Principle Slave Truth Wrong
To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Goodness Right Spiritual
Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Justice Man War
Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Beginning End Politics Slave
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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Beyond God Greatness Law Power Service Soul Thinking
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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Action Improvement Mindset Moments Myself Time
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Knowledge Liberty People
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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Desire Discover Early Heart Man Praise Recognition
Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Appearance Defeat
Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Body Death Language Ourselves
Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Improvement Worthy

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