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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIf we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
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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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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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