"A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world."
- Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818)

"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 (1744 - 1818)

"In the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to then than your ancestors. Do not put such limited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could."
- Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818)

"Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. 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."
- Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818)

"Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since."
- Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818)