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.
ABIGAIL ADAMSA patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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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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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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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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The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.
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The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason… affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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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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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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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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