Abigail Adams
“Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.”
“Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.”
“I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life.”
“If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?”
“If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.”
“Great necessities call out great virtues.”
“We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.”
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.”
“Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.”