John Winthrop quotes

John Winthrop was an English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony. As a visionary leader, he promoted the concept of the colony as a "city upon a hill" to inspire moral and spiritual example. He played a key role in shaping the early political and religious character of New England. Here are 5 of his quotes:

We must delight in each other, make other's conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, our community as members of the same body. (John Winthrop)
For we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world. View quote
John Winthrop
Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest. View quote
John Winthrop
Love is the bond of perfection. View quote
John Winthrop
The eyes of all people are upon us. View quote
John Winthrop

John Winthrop

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Occupation: English Celebrity
Born: January 22, 1588
Died: March 26, 1649
Quotes count: 5
Wikipedia: John Winthrop

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