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A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.

John Quincy Adams

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
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Action Dream Inspirational Leadership Learning Yourself
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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Goodness Preservation Yourself
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Failure Inspirational
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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Gratitude Leaving Soul Thinking
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Alone Principle Vote
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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Philosophy Understand
A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

Man Myself Nation Politics
Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Justice Man War
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, once lost, is lost forever.
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Forever Liberty Lost
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
To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Believe Honesty Man Philosophy Worst
Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Appearance Defeat
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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Eyes Myself Reading See
No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Freedom Imperfection Life Man Weakness

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