If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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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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