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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.

John Quincy Adams

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Goodness Preservation Yourself
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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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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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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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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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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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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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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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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