No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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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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