Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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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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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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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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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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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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