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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.

John Quincy Adams

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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Book Children Exception Myself See Wife
Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Forever Liberty Lost
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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Existence Fundamental Independence Principle Slave Truth Wrong
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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Goodness Preservation Yourself
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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Man Myself Nation Politics
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Difficult Inspirational Patience Perseverance
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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Experiment Myself Philosophy Preparation Result Science
To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Goodness Right Spiritual
Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Body Death Language Ourselves
Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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Promise Slave
My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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Myself Ourselves Right Success
Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Appearance Defeat
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Democracy Foundation Human Right Theory
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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Character Hands Nation Oneself War
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Alone Principle Vote
If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Deep Value World

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