| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 2720 |
| QUOTATION: | ...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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Abigail Adams (1744–1818), U.S. matriarch; wife and mother of United States President. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams, During the Revolution, letter dated November 27, 1775 (1875).
In a letter to her husband John Adams, who was away fighting in the American colonies’ revolution against Britain. |
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