That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
ABIGAIL ADAMSIs it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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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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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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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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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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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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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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