Patriot Echoes – Honoring 250 years of patriot principles.
- 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: Rights
Quotes
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“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ”
Benjamin Franklin , Pennsylvania Assembly Reply to Governor · View -
“The complete independence of the courts of justice is essential to guard the Constitution and the rights of individuals. ”
Alexander Hamilton , Federalist No. 78 · View -
“Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. ”
Woodrow Wilson , Address to New York Press Club · View -
“All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent natural rights... ”
George Mason , Virginia Declaration of Rights · View -
“As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. ”
James Madison , Essay on Property · View -
“As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. ”
James Madison , Essay on Property · View -
“We cannot be happy without being free we cannot be free without being secure in our property. ”
John Dickinson , Letter from a Farmer No. 3 · View -
“We claim nothing but the liberty and privileges of English subjects. ”
John Dickinson , Letter from a Farmer No. 10 · View -
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion. ”
Abigail Adams , Letter to John Adams · View -
“The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. ”
George Washington , Farewell Address · 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 -
“The rights of women must be acknowledged in any just society. ”
Mercy Otis Warren , Correspondence with John Adams · View -
“The public good is in nothing more essentially interested than in the protection of every individual's private rights. ”
Benjamin Franklin , Letter to the Assembly · View -
“Man has no property in man; neither can any generation bind another. ”
Thomas Paine , Rights of Man · 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 written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature. ”
Alexander Hamilton , The Farmer Refuted · View -
“The rights of mankind are not to be curtailed by color. ”
Alexander Hamilton , Letter to John Jay · View -
“The sacred rights of mankind ... are written ... by the hand of the divinity itself. ”
Alexander Hamilton , The Farmer Refuted · View -
“The people are the best guardians of their own rights. ”
John Dickinson , Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania · View -
“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. ”
John Dickinson , Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania · 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, by the hand of the divinity itself. ”
Alexander Hamilton , The Farmer Refuted · View -
“The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. ”
James Madison , Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments · View -
“The Revolution was a contest for the rights of mankind. ”
Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View -
“Let posterity know that we have not tamely surrendered our rights. ”
Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View -
“I will speak, though my voice trembles. ”
Lucy Stone , American Equal Rights Association Records · View -
“Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. ”
Abigail Adams , Letter to John Adams · View -
“Defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us. ”
John Hancock , Massachusetts Convention · View -
“The people who own the country ought to govern it. ”
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“The rights of the people are best protected by an educated citizenry. ”
George Mason , Virginia Declaration of Rights · View -
“The knowledge of our rights is the first step to defend them. ”
Richard Henry Lee , Letter to Samuel Adams · View -
“Defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us. ”
John Hancock , Massachusetts Convention · View -
“The people who own the country ought to govern it. ”