A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.
ABIGAIL ADAMSGreat benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs
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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
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A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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