But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
ABIGAIL ADAMSYou 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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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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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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.
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Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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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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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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But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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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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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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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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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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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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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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