Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
ABIGAIL ADAMSBut such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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.
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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 house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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