I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSMy toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Posterity – you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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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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America, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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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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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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