Abigail Adams Quotes
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very
liable to be broken. .
Great necessities call forth great leaders.
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.
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in
life....Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember
all men would be tyrants if they could.
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.'
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.
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
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have
learned women.
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons
of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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.
=Elem/Middle School K-8
