Quotes from Abigail Adams

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.

Great necessities call out great virtues.

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

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.

Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

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

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