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The first and almost the only Book deserving of universal attention is the Bible.

John Quincy Adams

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John Quincy Adams
Age: 80 †
Born: 1767
Born: July 11
Died: 1848
Died: February 23
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Who but shall learn that freedom is the prize Man still is bound to rescue or maintain That nature's God commands the slave to rise, And on the oppressor's head to break the chain. Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, Till not a slave shall on this earth by found.
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There is such seduction in a library of good books that I cannot resist the temptation to luxuriate in reading.
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I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
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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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The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived.
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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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Our political way of life is by the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God, and of course presupposes the existence of God, the moral ruler of the universe, and a rule of right and wrong, of just and unjust, binding upon man, preceding all institutions of human society and government.
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I would much rather be found guilty of making a serious mistake in judgment, than to be accused of being even a little bit insincere.
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I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement battered by the winds and broken in on by the storms, and, from all I can learn, the landlord does not intend to repair.
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We know the redemption must come. The time and the manner of its coming we know not: It may come in peace, or it may come in blood but whether in peace or in blood, LET IT COME.
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However tiresome to others, the most indefatigable orator is never tedious to himself. The sound of his own voice never loses its harmony to his own ear and among the delusions, which self-love is ever assiduous in attempting to pass upon virtue, he fancies himself to be sounding the sweetest tones
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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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