Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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John Quincy Adams Quotes Click here for John Quincy Adams books John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life "Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!" "My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right." "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." "The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil government of a community...that in the operation of human institutions upon social action, self-love and social may be made the same." "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." "This is the last of Earth! I am content." "Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." On America - "Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own." "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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