 |
|
 |
 |
 |
GOVERNMENT > first lady > Abigail Adams
[A]rbitrary power is...
Vendor: GOVERNMENT
[A]rbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken . . .
Source: Letter to John Adams, 7 May 1776.
-- 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.