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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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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

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.

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?

It is of no use to discover our own faults and infirmities unless the discovery prompts up to amendment.

To read the Bible is of itself a laudable occupation and can scarcely fail of being a useful employment of time; but the habit of reflecting upon what you have read is equally essential as than of reading itself, to give it all the efficacy of which it is susceptible.

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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