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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.

John Quincy Adams

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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Alone Principle Vote
I read my eyes out and can’t read half enough neither. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read.
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Eyes Myself Reading See
If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Deep Value World
Virtue is not always amiable.
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One Liner Virtue
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Knowledge Liberty People
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
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
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
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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Existence Greatness Knowledge Life
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Democracy Foundation Human Right Theory
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
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
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Difficult Inspirational Patience Perseverance
Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Greatness Leadership
Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Beginning End Politics Slave
Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Book Children Exception Myself See Wife
No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Freedom Imperfection Life Man Weakness
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
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
Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Appearance Defeat
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Action Dream Inspirational Leadership Learning Yourself
Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Improvement Worthy
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
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Failure Inspirational
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
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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Gratitude Leaving Soul Thinking
To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Believe Honesty Man Philosophy Worst

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