To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSI am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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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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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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We understand now, we’ve been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.
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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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