Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTo be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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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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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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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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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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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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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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