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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.

John Quincy Adams

Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Knowledge Liberty People
No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Freedom Imperfection Life Man Weakness
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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Destroy Freedom Herself Independence Search
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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Experiment Myself Philosophy Preparation Result Science
Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Body Death Language Ourselves
To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Believe Honesty Man Philosophy Worst
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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Charity Compassionate Human Man
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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Earth Government Happiness People Willing
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
Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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People Practice Virtue Wisdom
I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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Heaven Herself Myself Success Wrong
Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Greatness Leadership
Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Justice Man War
Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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Promise Slave
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Failure Inspirational
From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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Experience Future Lesson Past
If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Deep Value World
It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Appearance Light Mortal Purpose
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
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
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
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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Philosophy Understand
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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Man Myself Nation Politics
My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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Myself Ourselves Right Success
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Alone Company Poet Yourself
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
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Courage Difficult Inspirational Magic Perseverance

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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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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