Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSLiberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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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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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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It is my wish to fill every moment of my time with some action of the mind which may contribute to the pleasure or the improvement of my fellow creatures.
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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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