You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSPatience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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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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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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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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