What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
ABIGAIL ADAMSDo not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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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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Great learning and superior abilities…will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to 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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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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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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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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