"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."
-John Quincy Adams
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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.“
-John Quincy Adams
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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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"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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"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."
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