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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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Abigail Adams
Age: 73 †
Born: 1744
Born: November 22
Died: 1818
Died: October 28
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Weymouth
Massachusetts
Abigail Smith
Abigail Smith Adams
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I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities but, whatever occurs, may justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
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The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power, the parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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My Dear Son... remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.
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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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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 obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
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Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for
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The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
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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. But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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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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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
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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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Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?
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When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}
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