William Penn quotes - page 4
William Penn was an English Quaker and the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania. His vision helped establish principles of religious freedom and democratic governance in the American colonies. He played a significant role in shaping early American society and promoting tolerance. Here are 138 of his quotes:
There is one great God and power that has made the world and all things therein, to whom you and I and all people owe their being and well-being, and to whom you and I must one day give an account for all that we do in this world. This great God has written his law in our hearts, by which we are taught and commanded to love and help and do good to one another, and not to do harm and mischief one unto another.
William Penn
Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But, if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn.
William Penn
William Penn
Occupation: English Leader
Born: October 14, 1644
Died: July 30, 1718
Quotes count: 138
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