Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
ABIGAIL ADAMSI can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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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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I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.
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I acknowledge myself a unitarian
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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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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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Great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.
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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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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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