Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSNo man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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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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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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