My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSMy toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSI cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSBe a great speaker, become a leader.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSThe will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSTry and fail, but don’t fail to try.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSMove or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSI read my eyes out and can’t read half enough neither. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSOccasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIf your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSA 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.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSLiberty, once lost, is lost forever.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSA politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSIt was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSNo man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSAlways vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS