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 ADAMSPatience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do.
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