Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSMy toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is, the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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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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A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.
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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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