Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe 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.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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It 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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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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Great learning and superior abilities…will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.
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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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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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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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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