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Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide. ↗

— John Adams

#bloody #commit #democracy #did #either

And now let us love and take that which is given us, and be happy; for in the grave there is no love and no warmth, nor any touching of the lips. Nothing perchance, or perchance but bitter memories of what might have been. ↗

— H. Rider Haggard

#death #life #love #lovers #mortality

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. ↗

— John Adams

#horses #keep #like #minds #must

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it. ↗

— John Adams

#away #considered #declaration #effect #glory

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ↗

— John Quincy Adams

#become #dream #inspire #leader #learn

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. ↗

— John Quincy Adams

#america #destroy #does #go #monsters

When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure. ↗

— Maude Adams

#attempt #complete #course #failure #first

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results. ↗