I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
ABIGAIL ADAMSArbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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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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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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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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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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Great learning and superior abilities…will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.
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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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