The top 10 most inspiring quotes by John Quincy Adams
- If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
- Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
- 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 peopleā¦ it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
- 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.
- I have to study politics and war so that my sons can study mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their sons can study poetry, painting and music.
- To believe that everyone is honest is folly, but to believe that no one is honest is worse.
- America is a friend of freedom everywhere, but a custodian only of our own.
- Those who take oaths to politically powerful secret societies cannot be depended on for loyalty to a democratic republic.
- From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.
- Find a mission that you can give yourself over to and then spend your days moving that mission forward. Man is made so that when anything fires his soul the impossibilities vanish. The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was the sixth President of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, he was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams.
A distinguished diplomat, Adams played a pivotal role in negotiating the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812. Before his presidency, he served as Secretary of State under James Monroe, where he formulated the Monroe Doctrine, a cornerstone of American foreign policy.
Adams’ presidency was marked by his advocacy for national infrastructure improvements and education, though he faced significant opposition from a Congress dominated by his political rivals. After his presidency, Adams served in the House of Representatives for 17 years, where he became a leading voice against slavery and a champion for civil liberties. Known for his intellect and principled stand on issues, John Quincy Adams left a lasting legacy on American politics and policy.
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