Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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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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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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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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The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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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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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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