To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is, the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTo believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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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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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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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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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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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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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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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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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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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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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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