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Abigail Adams Quote

“If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.”

— Abigail Adams

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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

— Abigail Adams

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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

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Great necessities call out great virtues.

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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

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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.

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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.

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