The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
ABIGAIL ADAMSWake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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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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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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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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If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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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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