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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

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In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do.
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Charity Compassionate Human Man
Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Appearance Defeat
From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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Experience Future Lesson Past
To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Goodness Right Spiritual
To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Democracy Foundation Human Right Theory
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
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
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
If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Forever Liberty Lost
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Failure Inspirational
Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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People Practice Virtue Wisdom
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
I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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Heaven Herself Myself Success Wrong
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

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