All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great danger that the whole government will degenerate into a struggle of cabals.

Quote by John Quincy Adams

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Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your...

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your...

Where annual elections end where slavery begins.

Where annual elections end where slavery begins.

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

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

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more,...

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more,...

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest...

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest...

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

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

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

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

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being,...

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being,...

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more,...

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more,...

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would...

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would...

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can...

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can...

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. 1...

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. 1...

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel

Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would...

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would...

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep...

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep...

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being,...

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being,...

All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of...

All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of...

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...