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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSBut let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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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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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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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
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A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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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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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 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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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