We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
ABIGAIL ADAMSDo not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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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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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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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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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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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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