Abigail Adams
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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.
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.
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.