Patriot Echoes – Illuminating 250 years of patriot ideals.
- 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: Reason
Quotes
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“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 -
“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 -
“I would have every Woman be acquainted with the Principles of Reason. ”
Benjamin Franklin , Silence Dogood Letter No. 7 · View -
“Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable. ”
Thomas Jefferson , First Inaugural Address · View -
“Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. ”
Thomas Jefferson , First Inaugural Address · View -
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. ”
John Adams , Argument in Defense of the British Soldiers · View -
“The religion of Jesus is founded on reason and love. It is the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man. ”
Thomas Jefferson , Letter to Moses Robinson · View -
“The Revolution was the child of principle, not of passion. ”
Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View