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.’
ABIGAIL ADAMS
Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill’d take the deepest root
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The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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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 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.
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I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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