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John Quincy Adams: American statesman, diplomat and sixth President, 1767 to 1848.

This is the last of earth! I am content.

John Quincy Adams · Last words, February 1848

The public history of all countries, and all ages, is but a sort of mask, richly colored. The interior working of the machinery must be foul.

John Quincy Adams · Diary entry [November 9, 1822]

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence.

John Quincy Adams · Report on the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution [c. 1846]

America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.

John Quincy Adams · Address of July 4, 1821

Individual liberty is individual power.

John Quincy Adams · The source reads: “Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the most freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its numbers the most powerful nation.” · Address, Letter to James Lloyd [October 1, 1822]

With the Declaration of Independence on their lips and the merciless scourge of slavery in their hands, a more flagrant image of human inconsistency can scarcely be conceived than one of our Southern slave-holding republicans.

John Quincy Adams · Diary entry [December 27, 1819]

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John Quincy Adams Quotes

“This is the last of earth! I am content.”

“The public history of all countries, and all ages, is but a sort of mask, richly colored. The interior working of the machinery must be foul.”

“To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence.”

“America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.”

“Individual liberty is individual power.”

“With the Declaration of Independence on their lips and the merciless scourge of slavery in their hands, a more flagrant image of human inconsistency can scarcely be conceived than one of our Southern slave-holding republicans.”