Abigail Adams
Quotations
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“If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.” -Abigail Adams
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“Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.” -Abigail Adams
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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.’” -Abigail Adams
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“Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.” -Abigail Adams
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“Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.” -Abigail Adams
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“Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.” -Abigail Adams
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“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” -Abigail Adams
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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.” -Abigail Adams
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“Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.” -Abigail Adams
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“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” -Abigail Adams
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