- America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. John Quincy Adams »
- Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. John Quincy Adams »
- Facts are stubborn things and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. John Quincy Adams »
- Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Quincy Adams »
- Patience and perserverence have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. John Quincy Adams »
- Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws. John Quincy Adams »
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