Quote by Abigail Adams
We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that corr

We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them. – Abigail Adams

Other quotes by Abigail Adams

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. – Abigail Adams

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

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Marriage
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. – Abigail Adams

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Women
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By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom. – Miguel de Cervantes

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I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. – Steven Wright

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If a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. – Doug Larson

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I used to read five psalms every day – that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man. – Billy Graham

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Well, my thoughts about California are kind of mythological. To me, as well as being a real place, its a place where people go to find something – to find happiness or to realize their dreams. So it has that kind of quality of heroism and heartache, and Australia has that, as well. – Colin Hay

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