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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSNo one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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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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The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
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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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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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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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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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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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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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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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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.
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