Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
ABIGAIL ADAMSHumble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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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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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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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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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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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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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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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