My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTo be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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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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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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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 was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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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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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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