How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
ABIGAIL ADAMSMy Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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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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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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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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Every 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
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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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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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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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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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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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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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May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.
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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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