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Go on and improve in everything worthy.

John Quincy Adams

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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Alone Company Poet Yourself
I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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Myself Poet Warrior
From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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Experience Future Lesson Past
A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.
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Man Myself Nation Politics
Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Forever Liberty Lost
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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Experiment Myself Philosophy Preparation Result Science
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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Beyond God Greatness Law Power Service Soul Thinking
Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Appearance Defeat
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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Alone Lost Principle Reflection Vote
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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Character Hands Nation Oneself War
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Failure Inspirational
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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Earth Government Happiness People Willing
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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Desire Discover Early Heart Man Praise Recognition
Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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People Practice Virtue Wisdom
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Democracy Foundation Human Right Theory
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Knowledge Liberty People

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