"America does not go abroad in search of…" — John Quincy Adams
"America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy."
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John Quincy Adams
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118 Quotes by John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams has 118 quotes on this site.
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is…
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government…
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All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none…
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Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of…
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Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
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So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident…
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America is a friend of freedom everywhere, but a custodian only of our own.
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Who but shall learn that freedom is the prize Man still is bound to rescue or maintain; That nature's God…
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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…
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...he [Muhammad] declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind...The precept…
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More Abroad Quotes
This quote is filed under Abroad Quotes,
one of 501 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long…
— Saint Augustine
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By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.
— Saint Augustine
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Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.
— Alec Baldwin
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It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are…
— Bhumibol Adulyadej
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I wish I could adjust my voice, but it's just what's happened to me. It's because I've lived abroad for…
— Bill Bryson
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Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.
— Samuel Butler
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The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a…
— Tucker Carlson
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Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly…
— William Ellery Channing
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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own…
— Winston Churchill
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Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to…
— Kofi Annan
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We should strengthen our immigration laws to prevent the importation of foreign wages and working conditions. We should make it…
— Edward Kennedy
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Supporters of this fundamental change in immigration policy say we need to import more well-educated talent if we're to stay…
— Ronald Reagan
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