John Quincy Adams

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."

"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."

"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."

"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."

"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."

"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."