Patriot Echoes – Sharing 250 years of patriot principles.
  • March 6, 1809, 217 years ago — Death of Thomas Heyward Jr..
  • March 6, 1724, 302 years ago — Birth of Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress.
  • March 7, 1707, 319 years ago — Birth of Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
  • March 7, 1699, 327 years ago — Birth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
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Quotes

  • “Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. ”
    George Washington , Diary Entry · View
  • “The spirit of faction is a natural enemy to public virtue and the common good. ”
    John Adams , Diary Entry · View
  • “Liberty ought to be the direct aim of every government, but faction will always seek to corrupt it. ”
    Patrick Henry , Virginia Convention Speech · View
  • “It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. ”
    George Washington , Farewell Address · View
  • “Some preach more for Profit than for Piety. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Silence Dogood Letter No. 11 · View
  • “The spirit of faction is a natural disease of free governments and the source of their corruption. ”
    Alexander Hamilton , Federalist No. 15 · View
  • “Ambition and avarice are the bane of republics. ”
    Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View