A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
John Quincy AdamsI am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
John Quincy AdamsIf your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
John Quincy AdamsTags: inspirational leadership
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
John Quincy AdamsTags: inspirational courage bravery trial perseverance
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 slavery be the destined sword of the hand of the destroying angel which is to sever the ties of this Union, the same sword will cut in sunder the bonds of slavery itself. A dissolution of the Union for the cause of slavery would be followed by a servile war in the slave-holding States, combined with a war between the two severed portions of the Union. It seems to me that its result might be the extirpation of slavery from this whole continent; and, calamitous and desolating as this course of events in its progress must be, so glorious would be its final issue, that, as God shall judge me, I dare not say that it is not to be desired.
John Quincy AdamsTags: righteousness
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.
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