America, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSAlways 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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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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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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Though it cost the blood of millions of white men, let it come. Let justice be done.
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Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
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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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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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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.
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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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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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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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