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Abigail Adams

January 01, 1700 - January 01, 1700

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"What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise, virtuous, Benevolent and kind."source: To John Quincy Adams, November 20, 1783.parenting, children, character, benevolence

"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."source: Letter to John Adams, November 27, 1775.power, authority, freedom, corruption, control

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