Abigail Adams Quotes


A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.


Citations

Adams, Abigail. Adams Family Correspondence, vol. 1, edited by L. H. Butterfield, Harvard University Press, 1963.

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Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
  • Born: November 22, 1744
  • Died: October 28, 1818
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: First Lady

Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, as well as the mother of John Quincy Adams. She is sometimes considered to have been a Founder of the United States, and is now designated as the first Second Lady and second First Lady of the United States, although these titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women to be married to one U.S. president and the mother of another.