If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
ABIGAIL ADAMSThat your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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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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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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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
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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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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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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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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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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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