I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSBe a great speaker, become 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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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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 cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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