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Abigail Adams

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Abigail Adams is one of those voices you encounter and immediately want to hear more from. Whether reflecting on Power or Women, Abigail Adams brought uncommon clarity to every subject. 12 of Abigail Adams's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Power, Women, Wisdom, Men, and Marriage. As Abigail Adams put it: "Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could."

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

— Abigail Adams

Women

All Quotes by Abigail Adams

“Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.”

— Abigail Adams

Knowledge

“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.'”

— Abigail Adams

Power

“Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.”

— Abigail Adams

Experience

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

— Abigail Adams

Power

“I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.”

— Abigail Adams

Intelligence

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

— Abigail Adams

Women

“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.”

— Abigail Adams

Education

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

— Abigail Adams

Marriage