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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTry and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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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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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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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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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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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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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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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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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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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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