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 ADAMSThese are the times when a genius wants to live.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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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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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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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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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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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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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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