I had spent the greatest part of my life in the service of the whole nation, and had been honored by their highest trust; my duty of fidelity, of affection, and of gratitude, to the whole, was not merely inseparable from, but identical with, that which was due from me to my own commonwealth.
Quincy emphasizes his lifelong commitment to serving the nation as a whole, highlighting the interconnectedness of his duties to both the nation and his state.
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But, if we go to war, what must be the effect of the peace that follows?
If its operation should turn out more advantageous to them, it will be more honorable for us; and I never can object to entering formally into an obligation to do that which, upon every virtuous principle, ought to be done without it.
That the direct and infallible path to the Presidency is military service, coupled with demagogue policy. 2d.
The question raised by Martin Luther involved the whole theory of the rights of individual man, paramount to all human authority.
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