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 ADAMSBut I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof
More Abigail Adams Quotes
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Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
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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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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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The parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.
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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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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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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 Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill’d take the deepest root
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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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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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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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Wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
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