I shall look for whatever success may attend my public service; and knowing that "except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain," with fervent supplications for His favor, to His overruling providence I commit with humble but fearless confidence my own fate and the future destinies of my country.


The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams (ed. 1946)

John Quincy Adams Quotes

I shall look for whatever success may attend my public service; and knowing that except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain, with...

I shall look for whatever success may attend my public service; and knowing that except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain, with...

I shall look for whatever success may attend my public service; and knowing that except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain, with...

I shall look for whatever success may attend my public service; and knowing that except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain, with...