Patriot Echoes – Exploring 250 years of patriot principles.
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  • March 7, 1699, 327 years agoBirth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
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  • “Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light. ”
    George Washington , Diary Entry · View
  • “Let us be ever mindful that justice and mercy are the attributes of Christ. ”
    Josiah Bartlett , Letter to New Hampshire Assembly · View
  • “Justice must be tempered by the mercy of Christ. ”
    Thomas Stone , Letter to Maryland Convention · View
  • “Let us all be of one heart and of one mind. ”
    John Dickinson , Letter from a Farmer No. 9 · View
  • “I shall retire with the Satisfaction of having offended none but the Guilty. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Silence Dogood Letter No. 14 · View
  • “Justice is the foundation of government. ”
    John Jay , Letter to George Washington · View
  • “Liberty and justice are the twin pillars of a free society. ”
    John Jay , Letter to the New York Assembly · View
  • “The rights of women must be acknowledged in any just society. ”
    Mercy Otis Warren , Correspondence with John Adams · View
  • “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. ”
    George Washington , Farewell Address · View
  • “Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Light and Liberty · View
  • “Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light. ”
    George Washington , Letter to Charles M. Thruston · View
  • “Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Notes on the State of Virginia · View
  • “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Notes on the State of Virginia · View
  • “The law... must be reconciled with justice. ”
    John Marshall , Private Correspondence · View
  • “Justice and humanity... loudly call upon them to emancipate these unhappy people. ”
    John Jay , Letter to Elias Boudinot · View
  • “Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. ”
    James Madison , Federalist No. 51 · View
  • “The aggregate happiness of society ... is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, founded on principles of equal justice and public utility. ”
    George Washington , Farewell Address · View
  • “The foundation of justice is good faith, and the foundation of good faith is religion. ”
    Alexander Hamilton , Letter to James Bayard · 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
  • “Justice is the ligament which holds civil society together. ”
    Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View
  • “Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. ”
    John Jay , Federalist No. 3 · View
  • “Justice cannot flourish without education. ”
    William Paterson , Speech at the Constitutional Convention · View
  • “Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. ”
    John Jay , Federalist No. 3 · View