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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
6Th U.S. President
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The hope of a Christian is inseparable from his faith. Whoever believes in the Divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope that the religion of Jesus shall prevail throughout the earth.
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America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
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So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society. I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once every year.
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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.
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I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.
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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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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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This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, For Freedom only deals the deadly blow Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade, For gentle peace in Freedom's hallowed shade.
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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 have myself, for many years, made it a practice to read through the Bible once ever year.... My custom is, to read four to five chapters every morning immediately after rising from my bed. I employs about an hour of my time.
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It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future.
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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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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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The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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A gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent...sacrificing his ease, and hazarding all in the cause of his country.
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Whenever vanity and gaiety, a love of pomp and dress, furniture, equipage, buildings, great company, expensive diversions, and elegant entertainments get the better of the principles and judgments of men and women, there is no knowing where they will stop, nor into what evils, natural, moral, or political, they will lead us.
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The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy.
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The American continents, by the free and independent condition that they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonisation byany European powers? In the wars of the Europeanpowers inmattersrelating to ourselves, we have never taken any part nor does it comport with our policy to do so.
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A stout heart, a clear conscience, and never despair.
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