Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to 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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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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