The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThese are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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 patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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And bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.
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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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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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If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill’d take the deepest root
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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 husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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