Family Quote by Lynne Withey

“she learned slowly and painfully that it was easier to overthrow a government than to create a one...”

— Lynne Withey

“I always thought a laughing philosopher a much wiser man than the sniveling one (cmizdrenje)”

— Lynne Withey

“She blamed moral vices that weakened the whole society and worried that Americans were heading in the same direction… Thought that so much land…

— Lynne Withey

“If he has none to give him pain, he has none to give him pleasure. She never expressed doubts about the way she raised…

— Lynne Withey

“Women were responsible for raising next generation of citizens, they themselves needed to be well educated in order to teach their children. She never…

— Lynne Withey

“Heart agitated with remains of former passion is most susceptible to a new one...How unpardonable would it have been in you to have been…

— Lynne Withey

“The custom of confession seemed designed to encourage sin by granting ready forgiveness. Neither Abigail nor any member of her family ever wavered in…

— Lynne Withey

“America will not wear chains while her daughters are virtuous, but corrupt their morals by a general depravity, believe me sir a state or…

— Lynne Withey

“To deny James an education was attacking principles of liberty and equality upon the only ground which it ought to be supported and equality…

— Lynne Withey

“Liberty yes - but equality for all men? The end of all distinctions of social class? Such thinking smacked of anarchy, and of the…

— Lynne Withey

“Services rendered to a country in a diplomatic line can be known only to a few – if they are important and they become…

— Lynne Withey

“What most upset her, was the widespread use of slave labor. ...It is true Republicanism that drives the slaves half fed, and destitute of…

— Lynne Withey