Quotes by : Abigail Adams

From her character in the HBO miniseries: "The art of politics is the art of applying the seat of the....

But the heavy stroke which most of all distresses me is my dear Mother. I cannot overcome my too selfish....

These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose....

We have too many sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

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

Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that....

We are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many....

These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the....