There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIf particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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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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The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.
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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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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.
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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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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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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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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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