It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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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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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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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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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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