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Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.


John Adams

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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles ...
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS La molesse est douce, et sa suite est cruelle.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her Amer...
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