Famous Quotes by Abigail Adams

  • How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice... More
  • That your sex are naturally tyrannical is a truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no... More
  • I wish most sincerely there was not a slave in this province. It always appeared a most... More
  • If you complain of neglect of education in sons, what shall I say with regard to daughters, who... More
  • I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature; and that power, whether vested in... More
  • The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly... More
  • ...I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I... More
  • I long to hear that you have declared an independancy [sic]—and by the way in the new Code of... More
  • ... whilst you are proclaiming peace and good will to men, Emancipating all Nations, you insist... More

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