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
ABIGAIL ADAMSO, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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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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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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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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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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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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But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
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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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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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But such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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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 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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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
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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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