Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThe parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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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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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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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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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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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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