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Man Quotes by John Quincy Adams
- Who but shall learn that freedom is the prize Man still is bound to rescue or maintain; That nature's God commands the slave to rise,…
- The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- To a man of liberal education, the study of history is not only useful, and important, but altogether indispensable, and with regard to the history…
- Human life, from the cradle to the grave, is a school. At every period of his existence man wants a teacher. His pilgrimage upon earth…
- The attainment of knowledge is the high and exclusive attribute of man, among the numberless myriads of animated beings, inhabitants of the terrestrial globe. On…
- Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long, 'Tis not with me exactly so; But 'tis so in the song. My wants…
- The imagination of a eunuch dwells more and longer upon the material of love than that of man or woman ... supplying, so far as…
- The conflict between the principle of liberty and the fact of slavery is coming gradually to an issue. Slavery has now the power, and falls…
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle