Famous John Quincy Adams Quotations

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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."
by John Quincy Adams
"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."
by John Quincy Adams
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
by John Quincy Adams
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
by John Quincy Adams
"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."
by John Quincy Adams
"Facts are stubborn things and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
by John Quincy Adams
"His face is livid, gaunt his whole body, his breath is green with gall; his tongue drips poison."
by John Quincy Adams
"Patience and perserverence have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
by John Quincy Adams
"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws."
by John Quincy Adams
"This is the last of earth! I am content."
by John Quincy Adams
"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
by John Quincy Adams
"Where annual elections end where slavery begins."
by John Quincy Adams


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