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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Of all the foundations of establishments for pious or charitable uses, which ever signalized the spi...
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS . . . The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to
determine whether a republican gove...
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made
by themselves, for themselves, and...
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS "Man wants but little here below
Nor wants that little long,"
'Tis not with me exactly so;
...
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe,
For freedom only deals the deadly blow;
Then sheathe...
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Where annual elections end, there slavery begins.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS