The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
ABIGAIL ADAMSI am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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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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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in 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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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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