If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
ABIGAIL ADAMSEvery 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
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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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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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.
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When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
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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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The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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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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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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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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