No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf 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.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
-
-
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 -
Go on and improve in everything worthy.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
Be a great speaker, become a leader.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
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 ADAMS -
Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
America, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS