--- title: "14 May Quotes By John Quincy Adams" description: "14 May quotes by John Quincy Adams. Plus more from John Quincy Adams and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/john-quincy-adams-2098_america_may-our-country-be-always-successful-but_531523.png" --- > [May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/may-our-country-be-always-successful-but-whether-successful-or/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/john-quincy-adams-2098_america_may-our-country-be-always-successful-but_531523.png) > [I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/i-am-a-warrior-so-that-my-son-may-be-a-merchant-so-that-his-son-may/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/john-quincy-adams-2098_may_i-am-a-warrior-so-that-my-son-may-be-a-m_1499523.png) > [Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/always-vote-for-principle-though-you-may-vote-alone/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/john-quincy-adams-2098_inspirational_always-vote-for-principle-though-you-may_246216.png) > [But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow... Like a Coach and six - the swiftest Horses must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/but-america-is-a-great-unwieldy-body-its-progress-must-be-slow-like-a/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/john-quincy-adams-2098_america_but-america-is-a-great-unwieldy-body-its_922240.png) > [The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil government of a community ... that in the operation of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/the-great-problem-of-legislation-is-so-to-organize-the-civil/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/401/john-quincy-adams-2098_action_the-great-problem-of-legislation-is-so-t_396283.png) > [Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/always-vote-for-principle-though-you-may-vote-alone-and-you-may/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/452/john-quincy-adams-2098_cherish_always-vote-for-principle-though-you-may_1053066.png) > [We know the redemption must come. The time and the manner of its coming we know not: It may come in peace,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/we-know-the-redemption-must-come-the-time-and-the-manner-of-its/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/john-quincy-adams-2098_blood_we-know-the-redemption-must-come-the-tim_2378482.jpg) > [The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/the-laws-of-man-may-bind-him-in-chains-or-may-put-him-to-death-but/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/john-quincy-adams-2098_chains_the-laws-of-man-may-bind-him-in-chains-o_1962280.png) > [Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis, weak as it may appear, has not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/our-constitution-professedly-rests-upon-the-good-sense-and-attachment/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/john-quincy-adams-2098_attachment_our-constitution-professedly-rests-upon_1422038.png) > [I shall look for whatever success may attend my public service; and knowing that "except the Lord keep the city the watchman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/i-shall-look-for-whatever-success-may-attend-my-public-service-and/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/john-quincy-adams-2098_cities_i-shall-look-for-whatever-success-may-at_1352860.png) > [And may that Being who is supreme over all, the Patron of order, the Fountain of justice, and the Protector, in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/and-may-that-being-who-is-supreme-over-all-the-patron-of-order-the/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/john-quincy-adams-2098_age_and-may-that-being-who-is-supreme-over-a_1212206.png) > [The hope of a Christian is inseparable from his faith. Whoever believes in the divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/the-hope-of-a-christian-is-inseparable-from-his-faith-whoever-2/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/john-quincy-adams-2098_arms_the-hope-of-a-christian-is-inseparable-f_2934135.jpg) > [There are three points of doctrine the belief of which forms the foundation of all morality. The first is the existence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/there-are-three-points-of-doctrine-the-belief-of-which-forms-the/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0f/john-quincy-adams-2098_articles_there-are-three-points-of-doctrine-the-b_1483352.png) > [Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/let-us-not-be-unmindful-that-liberty-is-power-that-the-nation-blessed/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/john-quincy-adams-2098_america_let-us-not-be-unmindful-that-liberty-is_341558.jpg) ## Other authors on May ## More by John Quincy Adams > [I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry, if not the greatest, is one of the greatest moral and political evils…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/i-do-conscientiously-and-sincerely-believe-that-the-order-of/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [About one-half of the members of Congress are seekers for office at the nomination of the President. Of the remainder, at least one-half have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/about-one-half-of-the-members-of-congress-are-seekers-for-office-at/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [ ...he \[Muhammad\] declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind...The precept of the Koran is,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/he-muhammad-declared-undistinguishing-and-exterminating-war-as-a-part/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [A man's diary is a record in youth of his sentiments, in middle age of his actions, in old age of his reflections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/a-man-s-diary-is-a-record-in-youth-of-his-sentiments-in-middle-age-of/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [There still remains one effort of magnanimity, one sacrifice of prejudice and passion, to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/there-still-remains-one-effort-of-magnanimity-one-sacrifice-of/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [To live without having a Cicero and a Tacitus at hand seems to me as if it was aprivation of one of my limbs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/to-live-without-having-a-cicero-and-a-tacitus-at-hand-seems-to-me-as/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [ The Law given from Sinai \[The Ten Commandments\] was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/the-law-given-from-sinai-the-ten-commandments-was-a-civil-and/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [Whoever tells the best story wins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/whoever-tells-the-best-story-wins/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/wherever-the-standard-of-freedom-and-independence-has-been-or-shall/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [The gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/the-gigantic-intellect-the-envious-temper-the-ravenous-ambition-and/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [“If the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths, the existence of slavery, in any form, is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/if-the-fundamental-principles-in-the-declaration-of-independence-as/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/individual-liberty-is-individual-power-and-as-the-power-of-a/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [Of all persecuted sects, the Baptists stand forth as most prominent, simply and only because they aim at a more complete and thorough reform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/of-all-persecuted-sects-the-baptists-stand-forth-as-most-prominent/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [“It is my wish to fill every moment of my time with some action of the mind which may contribute to the pleasure or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/it-is-my-wish-to-fill-every-moment-of-my-time-with-some-action-of-the/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/not-stones-nor-wood-nor-the-art-of-artisans-make-a-state-but-where/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/john-quincy-adams/#itemlist", "name": "14 May Quotes By John Quincy Adams", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Quincy Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/may-our-country-be-always-successful-but-whether-successful-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/john-quincy-adams-2098_america_may-our-country-be-always-successful-but_531523.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/john-quincy-adams-2098_america_may-our-country-be-always-successful-but_531523.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/john-quincy-adams-2098_america_may-our-country-be-always-successful-but_531523.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.” — John Quincy Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Quincy Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/i-am-a-warrior-so-that-my-son-may-be-a-merchant-so-that-his-son-may/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/john-quincy-adams-2098_may_i-am-a-warrior-so-that-my-son-may-be-a-m_1499523.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/john-quincy-adams-2098_may_i-am-a-warrior-so-that-my-son-may-be-a-m_1499523.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/john-quincy-adams-2098_may_i-am-a-warrior-so-that-my-son-may-be-a-m_1499523.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.” — John Quincy Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Quincy Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/always-vote-for-principle-though-you-may-vote-alone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/john-quincy-adams-2098_inspirational_always-vote-for-principle-though-you-may_246216.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/john-quincy-adams-2098_inspirational_always-vote-for-principle-though-you-may_246216.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/john-quincy-adams-2098_inspirational_always-vote-for-principle-though-you-may_246216.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.” — John Quincy Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But America is a great, unwieldy Body. 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