Patriot Echoes – Illuminating 250 years of patriot heritage.
- 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: God
Quotes
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“God is everywhere, in the very air I breathe. ”
Elizabeth Ann Seton , Collected Writings I · View -
“God is everywhere ... throughout the whole universe which He fills, governs and preserves, ruling it by wisdom and grace. ”
Elizabeth Ann Seton , Collected Writings I · View -
“God is like a looking glass in which souls see each other. The more we are united to Him by love, the nearer we are to those who belong to Him. ”
Elizabeth Ann Seton , Collected Writings I · View -
“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. ”
George Washington , Attributed · View -
“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor. ”
George Washington , Thanksgiving Day Proclamation · View -
“I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truththat God governs in the affairs of men. ”
Benjamin Franklin , Speech at the Constitutional Convention · View -
“The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? ”
Thomas Jefferson , Notes on the State of Virginia · View -
“Now I will avow, that I then believed, and now believe, that those general Principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the Existence and Attributes of God. ”
John Adams , Letter to Thomas Jefferson · View