"Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people."
-John Quincy Adams
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"All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.“
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"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
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"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
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"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
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"Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it."
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