If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThere is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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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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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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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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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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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.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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