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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.

Abigail Adams

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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Arbitrary Broken Promise Heart Liable Power
The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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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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I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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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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Country Inhabitant Person Property Tranquil
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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Husband Tyrant Unlimited Wedding Women
I acknowledge myself a unitarian – Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father
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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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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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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Determine Equality Foment Memorable Paid Particular Rebellion Women
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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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.
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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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