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.
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
-
-
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
We understand now, we’ve been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -
Virtue is not always amiable.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS