This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, For Freedom only deals the deadly blow; Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade, For gentle peace in Freedom's hallowed shade. John Quincy Adams More Quotes by John Quincy Adams More Quotes From John Quincy Adams Life is a problem; mortal man was made to solve the solemn problem right or wrong. John Quincy Adams problem men life The gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster. John Quincy Adams rotten ambition heart Where annual elections end where slavery begins. John Quincy Adams slavery patriotic voting It has been my custom for many years to read the Bible in its entirety once a year John Quincy Adams customs has-beens years We know the redemption must come. John Quincy Adams redemption knows Who but shall learn that freedom is the prize Man still is bound to rescue or maintain; That nature's God commands the slave to rise, And on the oppressor's head to break the chain. Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, Till not a slave shall on this earth by found. John Quincy Adams justice men years I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong. John Quincy Adams causes heaven country Individual liberty is individual power. John Quincy Adams individual-power presidency liberty It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future. John Quincy Adams thorough-knowledge inspirational-life past There still remains one effort of magnanimity, one sacrifice of prejudice and passion, to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have heretofore followed the standards of political party. It is that of discarding every remnant of rancor against each other, of embracing as countrymen and friends, and of yielding to talents and virtue alone that confidence which in times of contention for principle was bestowed only upon those who bore the badge of party communion. John Quincy Adams sacrifice passion party 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. John Quincy Adams issues liberty fall The origin of the political relations between the United States and France is coeval with the first years of our independence. The memory of it is interwoven with that of our arduous struggle for national existence. Weakened as it has occasionally been since that time, it can by us never be forgotten, and we should hail with exultation the moment which should indicate a recollection equally friendly in spirit on the part of France. John Quincy Adams struggle memories years The best guarantee against the abuse of power consists in the freedom, the purity, and the frequency of popular elections. John Quincy Adams election abuse guarantees The imagination of a eunuch dwells more and longer upon the material of love than that of man or woman ... supplying, so far as he can, by speculation, the place of pleasures he can no longer enjoy. John Quincy Adams imagination love men Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are cities and walls. John Quincy Adams wall men art The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil government of a community... that in the operation of human institutions upon social action, self-love and social may be made the same. John Quincy Adams community government self About one-half of the members of Congress are seekers for office at the nomination of the President. Of the remainder, at least one-half have some appointment or favor to ask for their relatives. John Quincy Adams office half president If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management of the common concerns of a mighty nation, those doubts have been dispelled. John Quincy Adams government wise doubt The extremes of opulence and of want are more remarkable, and more constantly obvious, in [Great Britain] than in any other place that I ever saw. John Quincy Adams opulence saws want In what light soever we regard the Bible, whether with reference to revelation, to history, or to morality, it is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue. John Quincy Adams historical light knowledge
