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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSArbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian – Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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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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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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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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 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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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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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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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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