abigail adams

“ Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. ”

“ I begin to think, that calm is not desirable in any situation in life. The man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe. ”

“ I wish most sincerely there was not a slave in this province. It always appeared a most iniquitous scheme to me - to fight ourselves for what we are daily robbing and plundering from those who have as good a right to freedom as we have. ”

“ Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. ”

“ No one is without difficulties, whether in high or low life, and every person knows best where their own shoe pinches. ”

“ 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. ”

“ If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve? ”

“ Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance. ”

“ My bursting heart must find vent at my pen. ”

“ I regret the trifling narrow contracted education of the females of my own country. ”