Danh ngôn của John Quincy Adams (Sứ mệnh: 3)

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
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.
The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties to the social compact.
The Declaration of Independence pronounced the irrevocable decree of political separation, between the United States and their people on the one part, and the British king, government, and nation on the other.
Heaven has given to every human being the power of controlling his passions, and if he neglects or loses it, the fault is his own, and he must be answerable for it.
The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear.
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural equality of mankind. It is the cornerstone of the Christian religion. It is the first element of all lawful government upon earth.
Is not the brand of 'double-dealer' stamped on the forehead of every democratic slaveholder? Are not fraud and hypocrisy the religion of the man who calls himself a democrat, and hold his fellow-man in bondage?