Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. Abigail Adams Read Quote
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. Abigail Adams Read Quote
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams Read Quote
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve? Abigail Adams Read Quote
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. Abigail Adams Read Quote
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. Abigail Adams Read Quote
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. Abigail Adams Read Quote
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. Abigail Adams Read Quote
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 Read Quote
