Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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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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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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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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