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Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart


John Adams

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As we wave our goodbyes,
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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