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6th U.S. President

John Quincy Adams was the 6th President of the United States, born on July 11, 1767, and died on February 28, 1848. He was a prominent statesman, diplomat, and scholar, known for his extensive knowledge and political experience.

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“But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow... Like a Coach and six - the swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace.”

May Body America Progress Six Horse Coaches Pace

Book:John Adams

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“America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. Sir Anthony Hopkins portrayal of me was adequate. I do believe that my sideburns were of substantially higher quality, however.”

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“America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.”

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“America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.”

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Book:The origin and principles of the American Revolution compared with the origin and principles of the French Revolution: a facsimile reproduction

Source: The origin and principles of the American Revolution compared with the origin and principles of the French Revolution: a facsimile reproduction

“America is a friend of freedom everywhere, but a custodian only of our own.”

America Liberty Custodians

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“America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She well knows that by enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standards of freedom.”

“Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its numbers be the most powerful nation upon earth. Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis, weak as it may appear, has not yet been found to fail. Always vote for a principle, though you vote alone, and you may cherish the sweet reflection that your vote is never lost. America, in the assembly of nations, has uniformly spoken among them the language of equal liberty, equal justice, and equal rights.”

“[America's] glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield: but the motto upon her shield is Freedom, Independence, Peace. This has been her declaration: this has been, as far as her necessary intercourse with the rest of mankind would permit, her practice.”

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Book:John Quincy Adams and American continental empire: letters, papers and speeches

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“May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.”

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“America, with the same voice which spoke herself into existence as a nation, proclaimed to mankind the inextinguishable rights of human nature, and the only lawful foundations of government.”

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Book:An Address, Delivered at the Request of the Committee of Arrangements for Celebrating the Anniversary of Independence: At the City of Washington on the Fourth of July 1821, Upon the Occasion of Reading the Declaration of Independence. ...

Source: An Address, Delivered at the Request of the Committee of Arrangements for Celebrating the Anniversary of Independence: At the City of Washington on the Fourth of July 1821, Upon the Occasion of Reading the Declaration of Independence. ...

“Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers.”

Heart Has Beens America Prayer Standards Independence Benediction

Book:The origin and principles of the American Revolution compared with the origin and principles of the French Revolution: a facsimile reproduction

Source: The origin and principles of the American Revolution compared with the origin and principles of the French Revolution: a facsimile reproduction