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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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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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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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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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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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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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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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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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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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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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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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