Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSWhere annual elections end where slavery begins.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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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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Go on and improve in everything worthy.
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Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
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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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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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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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Virtue is not always amiable.
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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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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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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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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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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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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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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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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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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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It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
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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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Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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