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Tag Archives: Abigail Adams
First Principles: 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
“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.” – Abigail Adams (1784)
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First Principles: I Must Study Politics and War That My Children May Have Liberty To Study Math and Philosophy
“The Science of Government it is my Duty to study, more than all other Sciences: the Art of Legislation and Administration and Negotiation, out to take Place, indeed to exclude in a manner all other arts. I must study Politicks … Continue reading
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First Principles: If We Mean To Have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, We Should Have Learned Women
“If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the … Continue reading
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First Principles: The Founders of America Intended Women To Have A Full and Co-Equal Voice In Our Government
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” – Abigail Adams Oddly, it’s … Continue reading
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First Principles: Beware of Too Many High Sounding Words Absent Accompanying Actions
“We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.” – Abigail Adams
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First Principles: Learning Is Gained Through Ardor and Diligence, Not Chance
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” – Abigail Adams
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First Principles: To Be Good and Do Good Is the Entire Duty of Mankind
“To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.” – Abigail Adams
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First Principles: Allowing Only the Judiciary To Decide What Is Constitutional Leads To Despotism
“[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves, in their, own sphere of action, but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make … Continue reading


