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.
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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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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It is my wish to fill every moment of my time with some action of the mind which may contribute to the pleasure or the improvement of my fellow creatures.
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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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