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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}

Abigail Adams

Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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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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Estimation Fear God Man Moral Paradox Patriot Real Religion
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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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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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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Fall King People Remain. Longer Slip
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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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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What is meat for one is not for another–no accounting for fancy.
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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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Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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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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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 Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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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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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}

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