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Abigail Adams



Abigail Adams



American wife of John Adams 1764


Quotes

Quotes by Abigail Adams

“Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.”
“Great necessities call forth great leaders.”
“Great necessities call out great virtues.”
“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.”
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
1780
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“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.
letter to her sister, Mary Smith Cranch, 1784
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“We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
letter to John Adams, 1774
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