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01c. 1781 AD

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

Abigail Adams / quote

02c. 1781 AD

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 / quote

03c. 1781 AD

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

Abigail Adams / quote

04c. 1781 AD

Great necessities call out great virtues.

Abigail Adams / quote