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.
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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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned 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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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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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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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian – Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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