How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!
ABIGAIL ADAMSWhen he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’
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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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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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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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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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There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.
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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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If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
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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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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.
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