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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

Author:John Quincy Adams

“I want the seals of power and place, the ensigns of command, charged by the people's unbought grace, to rule my native land. Nor crown, nor scepter would I ask but from my country's will, by day, by night, to ply the task her cup of bliss to fill.”

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“A stranger would think that the people of the United States had no other occupation than electioneering.”

People Thinking States United United States Stranger Occupation

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“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.”

People May Found Failing Weak Bases Constitution Attachment Good Sense

Book:The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams

Source: The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams

“Our Constitution rests on the good sense and the respect of the American people.”

People Constitution Good Sense

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“The magistrate is the servant not of his own desires, not even of the people, but of his God”

People Desire Servant Magistrates

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“Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.”

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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.”

“From the day of the Declaration...they (the American people) were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of The Gospel, which they nearly all, acknowledge as the rules of their conduct.”

People Law Independent Bounds Acknowledge Declaration

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“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.”

“It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future.”

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“The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.”

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Book:The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams

Source: The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams