America, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSGratitude, 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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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
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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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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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I read my eyes out and can’t read half enough neither. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read.
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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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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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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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