To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
ABIGAIL ADAMSI desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
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The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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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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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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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
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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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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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