A barbarian who could not write a sentence of grammar and hardly could spell his own name. . … - John Quincy Adams

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I'm a big fan of money. I like it, I use it, I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I'd like to put more in that jar. That's where you come in.

John Quincy Adams

A barbarian who could not write a sentence of grammar and hardly could spell his own name. . . . One of our tribe of great men who turn disease to commodity. . . he craves the sympathy for sickness as a portion of his glory.

Commodity, Glory, Men, Names, Sympathy, Writing

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

Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Dream, Inspire, Actions

Find a mission that you can give yourself over to and then spend your days moving that mission forward. Man is made so that when anything fires his soul the impossibilities vanish. The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.

Fire, Fires, Influence, Life, Men, Moving

. . . he [Muhammad] declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind. . . The precept of the Koran is, perpetual war against all who deny, that Mahomet is the prophet of God.

War, Islam, Muhammad, Exterminating, Koran

I have to study politics and war so that my sons can study mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their sons can study poetry, painting and music.

War, Son, Agriculture, Politics, Music, Sons

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

Cherish, Government, Lost, Patriotic, Reflection, Sweetest