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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.

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

Myself Poet Warrior
Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Justice Man War
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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Alone Lost Principle Reflection Vote
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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Character Hands Nation Oneself War
To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Believe Honesty Man Philosophy Worst
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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Man Myself Nation Politics
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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Alone Company Poet Yourself
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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

Goodness Preservation Yourself
If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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Deep Value World
My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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Myself Ourselves Right Success
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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Desire Discover Early Heart Man Praise Recognition
Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.
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Experiment Myself Philosophy Preparation Result Science
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

Philosophy Understand
To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Goodness Right Spiritual
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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Charity Compassionate Human Man
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Difficult Inspirational Patience Perseverance

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