Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIf we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian – Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father
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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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And bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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