Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
ABIGAIL ADAMSIf 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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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
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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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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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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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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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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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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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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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