"From her character in the HBO miniseries: "The art of politics is the art of applying the seat of the britches to the seat of the chair. - Abigail Adams

"From her character in the HBO miniseries: "The art of politics is the art of applying the seat of the britches to the seat of the chair.

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Abigail Smith Adams (November 11, 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and is retrospectively perceived as the second First Lady of the United States; the term was not coined until after she had died. She was also the mother of John Quincy Adams.

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Alternative Names: Abigail Smith Abigail Smith Adams
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It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed...the habits of a vigorous mind are formed contending with difficulties. All history will convince you of this, and that wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

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