I read my eyes out and can’t read half enough neither. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSVirtue is not always amiable.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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If 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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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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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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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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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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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Gratitude, warm, sincere, intense, when it takes possession of the bosom, fills the soul to overflowing and scarce leaves room for any other sentiment or thought.
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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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