I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSNo man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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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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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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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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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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