Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSYou will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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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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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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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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If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.
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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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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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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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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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If the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths, the existence of slavery, in any form, is a wrong.
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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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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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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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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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