Original: «I can not say that I think you very generous to the Ladies, for whilst you are proclaiming peace and good will to men, emancipating all nations, you insist upon retaining an absolute power over wives. But you must remember that arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken — and notwithstanding all your wise laws and maxims we have it in our power not only to free ourselves but to subdue our masters, and without violence throw both your natural and legal authority at our feet».
Fuente: Citado en Cullen-DuPont, Kathryn. American Women Activists' Writings: An Anthology, 1637-2001. Editor Cooper Square Press, 2002. ISBN 9781461698746. p. 17.
Fuente: Carta de Abigail a John Adams, Braintree, 7 de mayo de 1776.
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Original: «I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs, may justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance».
Fuente: Adams, John. The Portable John Adams. Colaborador Jack Diggins. Editorial Penguin, 2004. ISBN 9781440650963. p. 152.
Fuente: Carta a John Adams, 27 de noviembre de 1775.
Original: «It is really mortifying, sir, when a woman possessed of a common share of understanding considers the difference of education between the male and female sex, even in those families where education is attended to... Nay why should your sex wish for such a disparity in those whom they one day intend for companions and associates. Pardon me, sir, if I cannot help sometimes suspecting that this neglect arises in some measure from an ungenerous jealousy of rivals near the throne».
Fuente: Carta a John Thaxter, 15 de febrero de 1778.