Fuente: Marturano, Janice. Mindfulness en el liderazgo: Cómo crear tu espacio interior para liderar con excelencia. Traducido por David González Raga. Editorial Kairós, 2017. ISBN 9788499885858.
Frases célebres de John Quincy Adams
Original: «In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow-men, not knowing what they do».
Fuente: Carta a Bronson Alcott de 30 de julio de 1838. The Yale Book of Quotations. Editores Associate Librarian and Lecturer in Legal Research Fred R Shapiro, Fred R. Shapiro. Colaborador Joseph Epstein. Edición ilustrada. Editorial Yale University Press, 2006. ISBN 9780300107982. Página 6. https://books.google.es/books?id=ck6bXqt5shkC&pg=PA6&dq=In+charity+to+all+mankind,+bearing+no+malice+or+ill-will+to+any+human+being,+and+even+compassionating+those+who+hold+in+bondage+their+fellow-men,+not+knowing+what+they+do.+John+Quincy+Adams&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdtuXAkObfAhVSOhoKHSSBA3wQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=In%20charity%20to%20all%20mankind%2C%20bearing%20no%20malice%20or%20ill-will%20to%20any%20human%20being%2C%20and%20even%20compassionating%20those%20who%20hold%20in%20bondage%20their%20fellow-men%2C%20not%20knowing%20what%20they%20do.%20John%20Quincy%20Adams&f=false
Frases de hombres de John Quincy Adams
Original: «All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse».
Fuente: Feulner, Edwin J.; Tracy, Brian. The American Spirit: Celebrating the Virtues and Values that Make Us Great. Editorial Thomas Nelson, 2012. ISBN 9781595553904. p. 95.
Original: «So great is my veneration for the Bible, and so strong my belief that, when duly read and meditated on, it is of all the books in the world that wich contributes most to make men good, wise and happy».
Fuente: Thayer, William Makepeace. The Poor Boy and Merchant Prince; Or, Elements of Success Drawn from the Life of A. Lawrence. A Book for Boys. Publicado en 1861. p. 314. https://books.google.es/books?id=QrJcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA314&dq=Of+all+the+books+in+the+world,+it+is+the+one+that+contributes+most+to+making+men+good,+wise+and+happy.+John+Quincy+Adams&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiM_JOowOTfAhWv3OAKHYfTAbgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Of%20all%20the%20books%20in%20the%20world%2C%20it%20is%20the%20one%20that%20contributes%20most%20to%20making%20men%20good%2C%20wise%20and%20happy.%20John%20Quincy%20Adams&f=false
Fuente: Letters of John Quincy Adams to His Son (Cartas de John Quincy Adams a su hijo), 1849, pág. 9.
John Quincy Adams Frases y Citas
En un discurso de agradecimiento sobre el establecimiento de la Smithsonian Institution (c. 1846) gracias al legado de Mr. Smithson.
Original: «To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is, therefore, the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself, and enlarges the sphere of existence».
Fuente: Quincy, Josiah. Memoir of the life of John Quincy Adams. Edición reimpresa. Editorial Crosby, Nichols, Lee and company, 1860. Página 265. https://books.google.es/books?id=XDwOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA265&dq=To+furnish+the+means+of+acquiring+knowledge+is+.+.+.+the+greatest+benefit+that+can+be+conferred+upon+mankind.+It+prolongs+life+itself+and+enlarges+the+sphere+of+existence&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfpd6UmObfAhWNDWMBHcKXB4UQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=To%20furnish%20the%20means%20of%20acquiring%20knowledge%20is%20.%20.%20.%20the%20greatest%20benefit%20that%20can%20be%20conferred%20upon%20mankind.%20It%20prolongs%20life%20itself%20and%20enlarges%20the%20sphere%20of%20existence&f=false
Original: «Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost».
Fuente: America Needs a Third Party Now!. Editora Karen Y. Murray. Editorial Lulu.com, 2011. ISBN 9781257956876. Página 81. https://books.google.es/books?id=gBpeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA81&dq=%22Always+vote+for+principle,+though+you+may+vote+alone,+and+you+may+cherish+the+sweetest+reflection+that+your+vote+is+never+lost&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7qMy9oebfAhUn3uAKHYd1DG8Q6AEIPzAD#v=onepage&q=%22Always%20vote%20for%20principle%2C%20though%20you%20may%20vote%20alone%2C%20and%20you%20may%20cherish%20the%20sweetest%20reflection%20that%20your%20vote%20is%20never%20lost&f=false
Original: «We know the redemption must come. The time and the manner of its coming we know not: It may come in peace, or it may come in blood; but whether in peace or in blood, let it come».
Fuente: Partridge, J. Arthur. The Making of the American Nation: Or, The Rise and Decline of Oligarchy in the West. Editorial J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1866. Página XXIX. https://books.google.es/books?id=GRUTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR29&dq=We+know+the+redemption+must+come.+The+time+and+the+manner+of+its+coming+we+know+not:+It+may+come+in+peace,+or+it+may+come+in+blood;+but+whether+in+peace+or+in+blood,+let+it+come&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjruIOIlubfAhVK8BQKHSKiBNsQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=We%20know%20the%20redemption%20must%20come.%20The%20time%20and%20the%20manner%20of%20its%20coming%20we%20know%20not%3A%20It%20may%20come%20in%20peace%2C%20or%20it%20may%20come%20in%20blood%3B%20but%20whether%20in%20peace%20or%20in%20blood%2C%20let%20it%20come&f=false
Apunte en su diario refiriéndose al juez del Tribunal Supremo John Marshall.
Original: «I told him it was law logic—an artificial system of reasoning, exclusively used in courts of justice, but good for nothing anywhere else».
Fuente: Strier, Franklin D. Reconstructing Justice: An Agenda for Trial Reform. Editorial Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994. ISBN 9780899305684. Página 6. https://books.google.es/books?id=5LPF3rHUmloC&pg=PA6&dq=I+told+him+it+was+law+logic-an+artificial+system+of+reasoning,+exclusively+used+in+courts+of+justice,+but+good+for+nothing+anywhere+else&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTrInZnObfAhXRAmMBHRGLBtQQ6AEIMTAB#v=onepage&q=I%20told%20him%20it%20was%20law%20logic-an%20artificial%20system%20of%20reasoning%2C%20exclusively%20used%20in%20courts%20of%20justice%2C%20but%20good%20for%20nothing%20anywhere%20else&f=false
John Quincy Adams: Frases en inglés
Newburyport Oration (4 July 1837)
Letter to James Lloyd (1 October 1822)
He here quotes statements made about William Shakespeare by Samuel Johnson, and then one made in reference to Timon by Alexander Pope in Moral Essays.
Oration at Plymouth (1802)
Oration on Lafayette (1834)
As quoted in letter to the citizens of the twelfth congressional district (29 June 1839), The Hingham Patriot, MA. As quoted in Thomas Huges Rare and Early Newspaper catalog, No. 141
Letter to the 12th Congressional District (1839)
Letter to his father, John Adams (1 August 1816), referring to the popular phrase "My Country, Right or Wrong!" based upon Stephen Decatur's famous statement "Our Country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right, but our country, right or wrong." The Latin phrase is one that can be translated as : "Let justice be done though heaven should fall" or "though heaven perish".
Diary entry (1820), as quoted in The Diary of John Quincy Adams (1951), by John Quincy Adams, Scribner's Sons, New York, p. 228-229 http://web.archive.org/web/20130703084250/http://home.nas.com/lopresti/ps6.htm
The Wants of Man, stanza 1, published in The Quincy Patriot (25 September 1841)
Passage on Muhammad by an anonymous author in The American Annual Register for the Years 1827-8-9 (1830), edited by Joseph Blunt, Ch. X, p. 269. Robert Spencerattributed the authorship to Adams in The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) (2005), p. 83, but provided no clear documentation as to why this attribution was made.
Disputed
Letter to an autograph collector (identified: "Washington, 27th April, 1837"), published in The Historical Magazine 4:7 (July 1860), pp. 193-194 https://archive.org/stream/historicalmagaziv4morr#page/194/mode/1up; this became slightly misquoted by John Wingate Thornton in The Pulpit of The American Revolution (1860): "The highest glory of the American Revolution, said John Quincy Adams, was this: it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity".
John Quincy Adams, in The American Annual Register for the Years 1827–8–9 (New-York: E. & G. W. Blunt, 1830), Chapter X, p. 274
“Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.”
La molesse est doce, et sa suite est cruelle.
Attributed as a diary entry, as quoted in Respectfully Quoted : A Dictionary of Quotations (1992) by Suzy Platt
Diary record of a comment made by Adams to John Marshall, Charles Francis Adams, Memoirs of John Quincy Adams : Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848 (1875), p. 372
Diary entry (30 June 1841)
Independence Day address (1821)
My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.
Letter to his father, John Adams (1 August 1816), referring to the popular phrase "My Country, Right or Wrong!" based upon Stephen Decatur's famous statement "Our Country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right, but our country, right or wrong." The Latin phrase is one that can be translated as : "Let justice be done though heaven should fall" or "though heaven perish".