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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSMay 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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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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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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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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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 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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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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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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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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