I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe 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.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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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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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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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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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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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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