America, goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMSYou will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
More John Quincy Adams Quotes
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To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.
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Be a great speaker, become a leader.
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Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.
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Tyranny can scarcely be practiced upon a virtuous and wise people.
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Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.
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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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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
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Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
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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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From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
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Defeat appears to me preferable to total inaction.
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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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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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