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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTry and fail, but don’t fail to try.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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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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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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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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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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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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