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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.

Abigail Adams

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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Call Frippery Little Necessary World
When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant
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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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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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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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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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 habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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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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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 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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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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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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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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