Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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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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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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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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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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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Great learning and superior abilities…will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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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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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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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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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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