Abigail Adams
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.Collection: Men
Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power, the parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.Collection: Ignorance
I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.Collection: Family
What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.Collection: Family
Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.Collection: Sex
Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.Collection: Husband
You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . . . . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage-Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to. But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof, and bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.Collection: Family
The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.Collection: Government
It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure, some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.Collection: Bears
The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason... affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.Collection: Love
O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.Collection: Eye
The house shakes...with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.Collection: Sleep