Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSNo man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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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.
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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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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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Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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