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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSThe 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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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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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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.
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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Posterity – you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
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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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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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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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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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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