The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIf we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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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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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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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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