Yvelyne Elisée

“I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, 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 them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. 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, My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams

“When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}”
― Abigail Adams

“But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.”
― Abigail Adams

“Remember the Ladies.”
― Abigail Adams, My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams