Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
ABIGAIL ADAMSEvery 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
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian – Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father
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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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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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