All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
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In every society where property exists there will ever be a struggle between rich and poor. Mixed in one assembly, equal laws can never be expected they will either be made by the member to plunder the few who are rich, or by the influence to fleece the many who are poor.John Quincy Adams
THE WANTS OF MAN 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 are many, and if told Would muster many a score And were each wish a mint of gold, I still should long for more. from Oliver Goldsmiths Hermit.
John Quincy Adams
Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its numbers be the most powerful nation upon earth.
John Quincy Adams
America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
John Quincy Adams
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
John Quincy Adams
Shall we have recourse to the art of printing But this has not destroyed property or aristocracy or corporations or paper wealth in England or America, or diminished the influence of either on the contrary, it has multiplied aristocracy and diminished democracy.
John Quincy Adams
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