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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSNo man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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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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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.
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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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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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