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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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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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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.
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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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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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