Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSRoll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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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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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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