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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSIt 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
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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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 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.
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A people fired with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events.
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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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Great learning and superior abilities…will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.
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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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If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill’d take the deepest root
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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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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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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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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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