It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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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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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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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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