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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSDo not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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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
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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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 I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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These are the 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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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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