Abigail Adams
  • Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

  • Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

  • Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

  • Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

  • 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.'