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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

Abigail Adams

Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point
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A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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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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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
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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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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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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