From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIt was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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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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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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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