The best guarantee against the abuse of power consists in the freedom, the purity, and the frequency of popular elections. John Quincy Adams More Quotes by John Quincy Adams More Quotes From John Quincy Adams America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She well knows that by enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standards of freedom. John Quincy Adams colorambitionwar From the day of the Declaration...they (the American people) were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of The Gospel, which they nearly all, acknowledge as the rules of their conduct. John Quincy Adams independentlawpeople 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 forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer’s mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity? John Quincy Adams independenceprogressgovernment 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 perfection, as attendants in the retinue of strong passions. John Quincy Adams perseverancepassionstrong [I believe in the] rebuilding of Judea as an independent nation. John Quincy Adams independentisraelbelieve Our Constitution rests on the good sense and the respect of the American people. John Quincy Adams good-senseconstitutionpeople 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 into convulsions at the approach of freedom. That the fall of slavery is predetermined in the counsels of Omnipotence I cannot doubt; it is a part of the great moral improvement in the condition of man, attested by all the records of history. But the conflict will be terrible, and the progress of improvement perhaps retrograde before its final progress to consummation. John Quincy Adams omnipotencemenfall The art of making love, muffled up in furs, in the open air, with the thermometer at Zero, is a Yankee invention. John Quincy Adams yankeeszeroart We know the redemption must come. The time and the manner of its coming we know not: It may come in peace, or it may come in blood; but whether in peace or in blood, LET IT COME. John Quincy Adams redemptionmayblood I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement; battered by the winds and broken in on by the storms, and, from all I can learn, the landlord does not intend to repair. John Quincy Adams learningbrokenwind Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God. John Quincy Adams temptationopportunity The four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the presidency. John Quincy Adams miserablefouryears Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the most freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its numbers the most powerful nation. John Quincy Adams communitypowerfulnumbers It is so obvious to every reasonable being that he did not make himself, and the world in which he inhabits could as little make itself, that the moment we begin to exercise the power of reflection, it seems impossible to escape the conviction that there is a Creator. John Quincy Adams reflectionexerciseworld It is essential..that you should form and adopt certain rules or principles, for the government of your own conduct and temper. Unless you have such rules and principles, there will be numberless occasions on which you will have no guide for your government but your passions..It is in the Bible, you must learn them, and from the Bible how to practice them. John Quincy Adams passionpracticebible The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived. John Quincy Adams democracygovernmentage 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 of cabals. John Quincy Adams degeneratesgovernmentstruggle The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God. It contains the history of the creation of the world, and of mankind. John Quincy Adams creationbibleworld The first and almost the only Book deserving of universal attention is the Bible. John Quincy Adams faithbiblebook I have made it a practice for several years to read the Bible through in the course of every year. I usually devote to this reading the first hour after I rise every morning. As, including the Apocrypha, it contains about fourteen hundred chapters, and as I meet with occasional interruptions, when this reading is for single days, and sometimes for weeks, or even months, suspended, my rule is to read five chapters every morning, which leaves an allowance of about one-forth of the time for such interruptions. John Quincy Adams readingmorningyears
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