If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTo be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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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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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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