Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. – Abigail Adams
We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them. – Abigail Adams

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. – Abigail Adams
We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them. – Abigail Adams
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. – Abigail Adams
Ive always felt that a persons intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic. – Abigail Adams