Patriot Echoes – Sharing 250 years of patriot wisdom.
- 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: Natural-Rights
Quotes
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“All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights... ”
Thomas Jefferson , Declaration of Independence · View -
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal ”
Thomas Jefferson , Declaration of Independence · View -
“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature. ”
Alexander Hamilton , The Farmer Refuted · View -
“All men are by nature equal and free. ”
James Wilson , Lectures on Law · View