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"Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!"
John Quincy Adams / Speech at Plymouth, Dec. 22, 1802.
Speech at Plymouth, Dec. 22, 1802.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow-men, not knowing what they do."
John Quincy Adams / Letter to A. Bronson. July 30, 1838.
Letter to A. Bronson. July 30, 1838.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"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 / Written in an Album, 1842.
Written in an Album, 1842.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"This is the last of earth! I am content."
John Quincy Adams / His Last Words, Feb. 21, 1848.
His Last Words, Feb. 21, 1848.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain