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.
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 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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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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