It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSA politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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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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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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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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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