Patriot Echoes – Remembering 250 years of patriot courage.
- 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: Hope
Quotes
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“Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? ”
George Washington , Diary Entry · View -
“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. ”
George Washington , Diary Entry · View -
“When there is no vision, there is no hope. ”
George Washington , Diary Entry · View -
“My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. ”
George Washington , Diary Entry · View -
“Our hope must rest in the mercy of Christ, not in the strength of men. ”
Joseph Hewes , Letter to Samuel Johnston · View -
“In Christ we find our hope and our future. ”
William Williams , Letter to Connecticut Assembly · View -
“We must look forward to a period when slavery shall cease to exist. ”
James Monroe , Speech to Virginia Legislature · View -
“Confiding hope and consoling peace have attended my way through storms and dangers that must have terrified a soul whose rock is not Christ. ”
Elizabeth Ann Seton , Collected Writings I · View -
“Faith lifts the soul, Hope supports it, Experience says it must and Love says...let it be! ”
Elizabeth Ann Seton , Collected Writings II · View -
“I look all the while to our purification, and then to our Eternity. ”
Elizabeth Ann Seton , Collected Writings II · View -
“Hope is not in the perfection. Its in the repair. ”
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton , My Dear Hamilton · View -
“The promise of liberty is not written in blood or engraved in stone, it's embroidered into the fabric of our nation. ”
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton , My Dear Hamilton · View -
“I hope the liberties of our country will be established on a firm foundation. ”