I acknowledge myself a unitarian
ABIGAIL ADAMSHistory is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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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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O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.
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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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To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
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The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
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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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That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute
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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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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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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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Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.
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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 house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
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You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage
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