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Abigail Adams Quotes

«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 the same topic.»
«Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.»
«We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.»
«Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.»
«If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.»
«Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.»
«Great necessities call out great virtues.»
«A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world»
«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»
«Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.»
Author: Abigail Adams (First Lady, Writer) | About: Power | Keywords: arbitrary, liable