Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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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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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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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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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Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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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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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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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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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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Gratitude, warm, sincere, intense, when it takes possession of the bosom, fills the soul to overflowing and scarce leaves room for any other sentiment or thought.
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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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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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