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Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.

John Quincy Adams

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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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 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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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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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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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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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