I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
ABIGAIL ADAMSMany of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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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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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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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.
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I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
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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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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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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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