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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John Quincy Adams
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About John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825; minister to Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia; and senator for Massachusetts. After his presidency, Adams uniquely returned to Congress as a member of the lower house until his death in 1848. He was the eldest son of John Adams, the second president, and First Lady Abigail Adams. Among his children were Charles Francis…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by John Quincy AdamsAlways vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.