Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSMove or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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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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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Virtue is not always amiable.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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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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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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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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