Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSThe will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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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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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.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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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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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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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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