The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTo 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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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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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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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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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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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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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.
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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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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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