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Abigail Adams: We have too...

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

Source: Letter to John Adams, 1774.
-- Abigail Adams, (Nov 11 1744-1818), US first lady; Her prolific letter writing vividly portrayed the life of the young republic; only woman to be wife of one president and the mother to another.


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