People Quotes by John Quincy Adams

11 People quotes by John Quincy Adams

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John Quincy Adams’ perspective on the role of individuals in the public sphere comes through in this brief selection. Tenor eleven quotes reveal his views on civic duty, leadership, and the character of a nation.

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The magistrate is the servant not of his own desires, not even of the people, but of his God

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Our Constitution rests on the good sense and the respect of the American people.

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Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis, weak as it may appear, has not…

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The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.

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It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to…

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Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

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A stranger would think that the people of the United States had no other occupation than electioneering.

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I want the seals of power and place, the ensigns of command, charged by the people's unbought grace, to rule my native…

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From the day of the Declaration...they (the American people) were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the…

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We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made…

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Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion…

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To live without having a Cicero and a Tacitus at hand seems to me as if it was aprivation of one of my limbs.

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The Law given from Sinai [The Ten Commandments] was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code.

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Whoever tells the best story wins.

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Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers.

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The gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster.

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“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…

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