No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIt 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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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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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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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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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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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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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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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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point
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But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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