Patriot Echoes – Celebrating 250 years of patriot sacrifice.
- 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.
Topic: Deism
Quotes
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“The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time. ”
Thomas Jefferson , A Summary View of the Rights of British America · View -
“Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basisa conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? ”
Thomas Jefferson , Notes on the State of Virginia · View -
“The Deist needs none of those tricks and shows called miraclesfor what can be a greater miracle than the creation itself? ”
Thomas Paine , The Age of Reason · View -
“Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshipped. ”
Benjamin Franklin , Letter to Ezra Stiles · View -
“Religiongives us glorious views of our relation to Godthat God is loveand he that walketh in love, walketh in God and God in Him. ”
George Wythe , Attributed in correspondence and legal commentary · View -
“The creation is the Bible of the Deisthe reads, in the handwriting of the Creator himself, the certainty of His existence. ”
Thomas Paine , The Age of Reason · View -
“To pray for any thing, which we can obtain by the due application of our natural powers, and neglect the means of procuring it, is impertinence and laziness in the abstract Instead of asking it of God, let him improve what he has. ”
Ethan Allen , Reason: The Only Oracle of Man · View