I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
ABIGAIL ADAMSBut 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.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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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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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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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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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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