John Quincy Adams

Notable Quotes



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.

From John Quincy Adams

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

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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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The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.

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The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties to the social compact.

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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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Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

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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.

From John Quincy Adams

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