You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSPower 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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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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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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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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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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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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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