John Quincy Adams
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"John Quincy Adams" was an American statesman who served as the List of Presidents of the United States/sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. He also served as a diplomat, a Senator and member of the House of Representatives. He was a member of the Federalist Party/Federalist, Democratic-Republican Party/Democratic-Republican, National Republican Party/National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic Party/Anti-Masonic and Whig Party (United States)/Whig Political parties in the United States/parties.

In his biography, Samuel Flagg Bemis argues that Adams was able to: "gather together, formulate, and practice the fundamentals of American foreign-policy – self-determination, independence, noncolonization, nonintervention, nonentanglement in European politics, Freedom of the Seas, [and] freedom of commerce."

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Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.

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

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This is the last of earth! I am content.

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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

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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.

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Duty is ours, results are God's.

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All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

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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.

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