Patriot Echoes – Remembering 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: Truth
Quotes
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“Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light. ”
George Washington , Diary Entry · View -
“Satire is a Mirror wherein we see every Face but our own. ”
Benjamin Franklin , Silence Dogood Letter No. 13 · View -
“Half a truth is often a great lie. ”
Benjamin Franklin , Poor Richards Almanack · View -
“Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light. ”
George Washington , Letter to Charles M. Thruston · 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 -
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal ”
Thomas Jefferson , Declaration of Independence · 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 -
“Half a truth is often a great lie. ”
Benjamin Franklin , Poor Richards Almanack · View -
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. ”
James Madison , Letter to W.T. Barry · View -
“Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. ”
Benjamin Franklin , Poor Richards Almanack · View -
“Even if the stories we tell dont paint the whole picture, theyre still true. ”
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton , My Dear Hamilton · View -
“I became the keeper of his truth, the guardian of his memory. ”
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton , My Dear Hamilton · View -
“Let the historian speak with impartiality and truth. ”
Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View -
“Truth is the soul of history. ”
Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View -
“I continued the press so truth would not be silenced. ”
Ann Smith Franklin , Rhode Island Colonial Press Records · View -
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes... they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. ”
John Adams , Argument in Defense of British Soldiers · View -
“If truth be not diffused, error will be. ”
Daniel Webster , Speech at Dartmouth College · View