Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSAbove all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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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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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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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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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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