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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWe have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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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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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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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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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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