Best John Quincy Adams Quotes
- It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper… Correctly
- If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management of the common… Been
- The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived. Age
- There is such seduction in a library of good books that I cannot resist the temptation to luxuriate in reading. Book
- In what light soever we regard the Bible, whether with reference to revelation, to history, or to morality, it is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine… Bible
- The law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code; it contained many statutes . . .… Any
- There are three points of doctrine the belief of which forms the foundation of all morality. The first is the existence of God; the second… All
- [America's] glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield: but the motto… America
- The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth. All
- Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone. Alone
- In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow… All
- To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the… Acquiring
- Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations. Character
- The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican government is practicable in a nation or not. Criteria
- I speak as a man of the world to men of the world; and I say to you, Search the Scriptures! The Bible is the… Age
- The art of making love, muffled up in furs, in the open air, with the thermometer at Zero, is a Yankee invention. Air
- All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great danger that the whole government will degenerate into a struggle… All
- The Law given from Sinai [The Ten Commandments] was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code. Civil
- I appear, my fellow-citizens, in your presence and in that of Heaven to bind myself by the solemnities of religious obligation to the faithful performance… Allotted
- Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. These qualities have ever been displayed in their mightiest… Air
- Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of a nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it… Birthday
- I have myself, for many years, made it a practice to read through the Bible once ever year.... My custom is, to read four to… Bed
- The Bible carries with it the history of the creation, the fall and redemption of man, and discloses to him, in the infant born at… Bethlehem
- What is the right of the huntsman to the forest of a thousand miles over which he has accidentally ranged in quest of prey? Shall… Accidentally
- Slavery is the great and foul stain upon the North American Union. American
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