John Quincy Adams

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"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
Topic(s): Power
"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
Topic(s): Politics
"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
― John Quincy Adams
Topic(s): Patience
"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
Topic(s): Men
"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."
― John Quincy Adams
Topic(s): Government
"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
Topic(s): Freedom
"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."
― John Quincy Adams
Topic(s): Courage

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