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.'
I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on th… - Abigail Adams
I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on th…
- Abigail Adams
Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons. - Abigail Adams
Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obli… - Abigail Adams
A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obli…
What is meat for one is not for another--no accounting for fancy. - Abigail Adams
What is meat for one is not for another--no accounting for fancy.
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. - Abigail Adams
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance. - Abigail Adams
Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
The house shakes...with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight. - Abigail Adams
The house shakes...with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them. - Abigail Adams
I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the han… - Abigail Adams
I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the han…
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