Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSLiberty, once lost, is lost forever.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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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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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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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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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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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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