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Abigail Adams · Education

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Abigail Adams

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

Power

Abigail Adams

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

Marriage

Abigail Adams

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.'

Power

Abigail Adams

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

Women