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The natural state of mankind ... and I know that this is a controversial idea... is freedom... And the proof is the lengths to which a man, woman, or child will go to regain it once lost. He will break loose his chains. He will decimate his enemies. He will try and try and try again, against all odds, against all prejudices. (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
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 (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. Sir Anthony Hopkins portrayal of me was adequate. I do believe that my sideburns were of substantially higher quality, however (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
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 (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis, weak as it may appear, has not yet been found to fail (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
Slavery is the great and foul stain upon the North American Union... A dissolution, at least temporary, of the Union, as now constituted, would now be certainly necessary... The Union might then be reorganized on the fundamental principle of emancipation (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
The four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the presidency (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
Westward the star of empire takes its way (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
The firmest security of peace is the preparation during peace of the defenses of war (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
Death fixes forever the relation existing between the departed spirit and the survivors upon earth (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
America is a friend of freedom everywhere, but a custodian only of our own (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
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 (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
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 (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the most freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its numbers the most powerful nation (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
The public history of all countries, and all ages, is but a sort of mask, richly colored. The interior working of the machinery must be foul (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. These qualities have ever been displayed in their mightiest perfection, as attendants in the retinue of strong passions (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
I have to study politics and war so that my sons can study mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their sons can study poetry, painting and music (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
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 (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
The best guarantee against the abuse of power consists in the freedom, the purity, and the frequency of popular elections (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
The imagination of a eunuch dwells more and longer upon the material of love than that of man or woman... supplying, so far as he can, by speculation, the place of pleasures he can no longer enjoy (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
This mode of electioneering suited neither my taste nor my principles. I thought it equally unsuitable to my personal character and to the station in which I am placed (John Quincy Adams Quotes)
A man’s diary is a record in youth of his sentiments, in middle age of his actions, in old age of his reflections (John Quincy Adams Quotes)