Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
ABIGAIL ADAMSArbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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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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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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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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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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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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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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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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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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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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