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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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Famous John Quincy Adams Quotes

“The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult.”

People Made Government Insult Declaration Hostile

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“There still remains one effort of magnanimity, one sacrifice of prejudice and passion, to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have heretofore followed the standards of political party. It is that of discarding every remnant of rancor against each other, of embracing as countrymen and friends, and of yielding to talents and virtue alone that confidence which in times of contention for principle was bestowed only upon those who bore the badge of party communion.”

“The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil government of a community... that in the operation of human institutions upon social action, self-love and social may be made the same.”

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“Life is a problem; mortal man was made to solve the solemn problem right or wrong.”

Men Life Made Problem Life Is Solve Mortals Solemn

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“The hope of a Christian is inseparable from his faith. Whoever believes in the divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope that the religion of Jesus shall prevail throughout the earth. Never since the foundation of the world have the prospects of mankind been more encouraging to that hope than they appear to be at the present time. And may the associated distribution of the Bible proceed and prosper till the Lord shall have made 'bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God' (Isaiah 52:10).”

“I have made it a practice for several years to read the Bible through in the course of every year. I usually devote to this reading the first hour after I rise every morning. As, including the Apocrypha, it contains about fourteen hundred chapters, and as I meet with occasional interruptions, when this reading is for single days, and sometimes for weeks, or even months, suspended, my rule is to read five chapters every morning, which leaves an allowance of about one-forth of the time for such interruptions.”

Source: The Russian memoirs of John Quincy Adams: his diary from 1809-1814

“I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once every year.”

Years Made Practice Made It Bible Reading

Book:The Ancient and Honorable Man. A Discourse [on Isaiah Iii. 1-3] Preached on the Occasion of the Death of Hon. J. Q. Adams, Etc

Source: The Ancient and Honorable Man. A Discourse [on Isaiah Iii. 1-3] Preached on the Occasion of the Death of Hon. J. Q. Adams, Etc

“Find a mission that you can give yourself over to and then spend your days moving that mission forward. Man is made so that when anything fires his soul the impossibilities vanish. The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.”

Men Giving Humans Kind Made Soul Moving Life Is Human Beings Fire Influence Missions This Life Immortality Impossibility

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“We understand now, we've been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.”

Made Understanding Embrace Who We Are

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“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made for a moral and religious people... it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

“So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society. I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once every year.”

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“All that I am my mother made me.”

Made Mother Mom Daughter Motherhood

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“I have myself, for many years, made it a practice to read through the Bible once ever year.... My custom is, to read four to five chapters every morning immediately after rising from my bed. I employs about an hour of my time.”

Years Made Hours Practice Morning Five Four Bed Made It My Time Rising Customs Chapters Every Morning

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“Let us consider an alternative style of thinking, which we can call 'creative thinking.' It is playfully instructive to note that the word 'reactive' and the word 'creative' are made up of exactly the same letters. The only difference between the two is that you 'C' [see] differently.”

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Author:John Quincy Adams