I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIs it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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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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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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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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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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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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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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The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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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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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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