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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Greatness Leadership
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
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
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Knowledge Liberty People
Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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Promise Slave
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
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
Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Body Death Language Ourselves
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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Existence Fundamental Independence Principle Slave Truth Wrong
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Alone Principle Vote
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
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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Existence Greatness Knowledge Life
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Alone Company Poet Yourself
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
Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Appearance Defeat
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Courage Difficult Inspirational Magic Perseverance
It is my wish to fill every moment of my time with some action of the mind which may contribute to the pleasure or the improvement of my fellow creatures.
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Action Improvement Mindset Moments Myself Time
Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Improvement Worthy
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
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
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
Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Forever Liberty Lost
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
Virtue is not always amiable.
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One Liner Virtue
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Difficult Inspirational Patience Perseverance
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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Destroy Freedom Herself Independence Search
From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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Experience Future Lesson Past

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