I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIf 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.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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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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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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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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These are 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 mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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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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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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