The gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster. John Quincy Adams More Quotes by John Quincy Adams More Quotes From John Quincy Adams Facts are stubborn things and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. John Quincy Adams It is a source of gratification and of encouragement to me to observe that the great result of this experiment upon the theory of human rights has at the close of that generation by which it was formed been crowned with success equal to the most sanguine expectations of its founders. John Quincy Adams Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Quincy Adams Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. John Quincy Adams which obstacles perseverance patience It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue and vice: for what can be more false and heartless than this doctrine which makes the first and holiest rights of humanity to depend upon the color of the skin? John Quincy Adams skin slavery color humanity Gratitude, warm, sincere, intense, when it takes possession of the bosom, fills the soul to overflowing and scarce leaves room for any other sentiment or thought. John Quincy Adams thought warm gratitude soul Is not the brand of 'double-dealer' stamped on the forehead of every democratic slaveholder? Are not fraud and hypocrisy the religion of the man who calls himself a democrat, and hold his fellow-man in bondage? John Quincy Adams brand man fraud religion In order to preserve the dominion of our own passions, it behooves us to be constantly and strictly on our guard against the influence and infection of the passions of others. John Quincy Adams us others own influence It was the special purpose of Christ's appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light. John Quincy Adams light purpose appearance special Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural equality of mankind. It is the cornerstone of the Christian religion. It is the first element of all lawful government upon earth. John Quincy Adams equality democracy earth religion According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness. John Quincy Adams principle effect weakness christian It is of no use to discover our own faults and infirmities unless the discovery prompts up to amendment. John Quincy Adams discover amendment own discovery Heaven has given to every human being the power of controlling his passions, and if he neglects or loses it, the fault is his own, and he must be answerable for it. John Quincy Adams human-being own power heaven The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties to the social compact. John Quincy Adams who great improvement government The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear. John Quincy Adams laws more you wisdom The Declaration of Independence pronounced the irrevocable decree of political separation, between the United States and their people on the one part, and the British king, government, and nation on the other. John Quincy Adams king political government people This idea of the transcendent power of the Supreme Being is essentially connected with that by which the whole duty of man is summed up: obedience to His will. John Quincy Adams will man duty power To read the Bible is of itself a laudable occupation and can scarcely fail of being a useful employment of time; but the habit of reflecting upon what you have read is equally essential as than of reading itself, to give it all the efficacy of which it is susceptible. John Quincy Adams you reading bible time From the day of the Declaration, the people of the North American union, and of its constituent states, were associated bodies of civilized men and Christians, in a state of nature, but not of anarchy. John Quincy Adams day nature men people I have no predilection for unpopularity as such, but I hold it much preferable to the popularity of a day, which perishes with the transient topic upon which it is grounded. John Quincy Adams which day grounded popularity
