No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
ABIGAIL ADAMSHow few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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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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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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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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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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