I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet. John Quincy Adams More Quotes by John Quincy Adams More Quotes From John Quincy Adams America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. John Quincy Adams independencepeaceamerica To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself, and enlarges the sphere of existence. John Quincy Adams benefitssciencemean America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. John Quincy Adams warpeaceamerica America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. Sir Anthony Hopkins portrayal of me was adequate. I do believe that my sideburns were of substantially higher quality, however. John Quincy Adams championbelieveamerica I want the seals of power and place, the ensigns of command, charged by the people's unbought grace, to rule my native land. Nor crown, nor scepter would I ask but from my country's will, by day, by night, to ply the task her cup of bliss to fill. John Quincy Adams landnightcountry 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 powerfulblessednumbers The magistrate is the servant not of his own desires, not even of the people, but of his God John Quincy Adams servantdesirepeople The inconsistency of the institution of domestic slavery with the principles of the Declaration of Independence was seen and lamented . . . no insincerity or hypocrisy can be fairly laid to their charge. Never from their lips was heard one syllable of attempt to justify the institution of slavery. They universally considered it as a reproach fastened upon them by the unnatural step-mother country and they saw that before the principles of the Declaration of Independence slavery, in common with every other mode of oppression, was destined sooner or later to be banished from the earth. John Quincy Adams hypocrisymothercountry My stern chase after time is, to borrow a simile from Tom Paine, like the race of a man with a wooden leg after a horse. John Quincy Adams horseracemen To live without having a Cicero and a Tacitus at hand seems to me as if it was aprivation of one of my limbs. John Quincy Adams limbsseemshands I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once every year. John Quincy Adams bible-readingpracticeyears No book in the world deserves to be so unceasingly studied, and so profoundly meditated upon as the Bible. John Quincy Adams deservebookworld The great interests of an agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing nation are so linked in union together that no permanent cause of prosperity to one of them can operate without extending its influence to the others. All these interests are alike under the protecting power of the legislative authority, and the duties of the representative bodies are to conciliate them in harmony together. John Quincy Adams unionsbodytogether A barbarian who could not write a sentence of grammar and hardly could spell his own name.... One of our tribe of great men who turn disease to commodity...he craves the sympathy for sickness as a portion of his glory. John Quincy Adams nameswritingmen Westward the star of empire takes its way. John Quincy Adams empiresprogressstars So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its operation should be adapted as much as possible to suit the burden with equal hand upon all in proportion with their ability of bearing it without oppression. John Quincy Adams taxationcommunityhands Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations. John Quincy Adams characterwarhands May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right. John Quincy Adams successfulcountryamerica A stout heart, a clear conscience, and never despair. John Quincy Adams stoutdespairheart 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 is but a term of childhood, in which he is to be educated for the manhood of a brighter world. As the child must be educated for manhood upon earth, so the man must be educated upon earth, for heaven; and finally that where the foundation is not laid in time, the superstructure can not rise for eternity. John Quincy Adams educationteacherchildren
