The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
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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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My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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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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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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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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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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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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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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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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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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