Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
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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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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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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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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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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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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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