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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSThus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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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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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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