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 ADAMSHow 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!
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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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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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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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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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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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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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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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 habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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