I acknowledge myself a unitarian
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhen men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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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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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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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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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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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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 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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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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