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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
John Quincy Adams
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John Quincy Adams
Age: 80 †
Born: 1767
Born: July 11
Died: 1848
Died: February 23
6Th U.S. President
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The law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code it contained many statutes . . . of universal application-laws essential to the existence of men in society, and most of which have been enacted by every nation which ever professed any code of laws.
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[I believe in the] rebuilding of Judea as an independent nation.
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The law is an artificial human construct, quite arbitrary, and of absolutely no use anywhere else but in a court of law!
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Religion, charity, pure benevolence, and morals, mingled up with superstitious rites and ferocious cruelty, form in their combination institutions the most powerful and the most pernicious that have ever afflicted mankind.
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When (an advocate) is not thoroughly acquainted with the real strength and weakness of his cause, he knows not where to choose the most impressive argument. When the mark is shrouded in obscurity, the only substitute for accuracy in the aim is in the multitude of the shafts.
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The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican government is practicable in a nation or not.
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Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are cities and walls.
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Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.
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