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.
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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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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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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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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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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