You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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 desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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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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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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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. 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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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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 habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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