The great object of the institution of civil...... Quote by "John Quincy Adams"

The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties to the social compact.
— John Quincy Adams

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This idea of the transcendent power of the Supreme Being is essentially connected with that by which the whole duty of man is summed up: obedience to His will.
— John Quincy Adams

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America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
— John Quincy Adams

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I have no predilection for unpopularity as such, but I hold it much preferable to the popularity of a day, which perishes with the transient topic upon which it is grounded.
— John Quincy Adams

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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.
— John Quincy Adams

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It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue and vice: for what can be more false and heartless than this doctrine which makes the first and holiest rights of humanity to depend upon the color of the skin?
— John Quincy Adams

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