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
ABIGAIL ADAMSTo be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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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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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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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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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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