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"Democracy, freedom and liberty do not make us more than what we are; it is our commitment that matters."
"Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took."
"A market where chief executive officers make 262 times that of the average worker and 821 times that of the minimum-wage worker is not a market that is working well. And it is surely not working well enough to build a solid middle class."
"Politics doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt politics."
"The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship."
"Almost everyone in politics nowadays has at least one conflict of interest."
"They are now informing me that not only are they better than the powerful, the masters of the world whose spittle they have to lick (not from fear, not at all from fear! but because God orders them to honour those in authority) " not only are they better, but they have a "better time, or at least will have a better time one day. But enough! enough! I can't bear it any longer. Bad air! Bad air! This workshop where ideals are fabricated " it seems to me just to stink of lies."
Explore more quotes by John Quincy Adams
"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."
"All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse."
"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."
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
"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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