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
ABIGAIL ADAMSLet your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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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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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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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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