John Quincy Adams
President
1767-07-11
Quotes by John Quincy Adams
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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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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
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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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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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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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In order to preserve the dominion of our own passions, it behooves us to be constantly and strictly on our guard against the influence and infection of the passions of others.
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The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear.
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This idea of the transcendent power of the Supreme Being is essentially connected with that by which the whole duty of man is summed up: obedience to His will.
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I have no predilection for unpopularity as such, but I hold it much preferable to the popularity of a day, which perishes with the transient topic upon which it is grounded.
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To read the Bible is of itself a laudable occupation and can scarcely fail of being a useful employment of time; but the habit of reflecting upon what you have read is equally essential as than of reading itself, to give it all the efficacy of which it is susceptible.
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It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue and vice: for what can be more false and heartless than this doctrine which makes the first and holiest rights of humanity to depend upon the color of the skin?
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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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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
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