All Mercy Otis Warren Quotes
- The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments. All
- The origin of all power is in the people, and they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation. All
- It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they… American
- Great advantages are often attended with great inconveniences, and great minds called to severe trials. Advantage
- The waves have rolled upon me, the billows are repeatedly broken over me, yet I am not sunk down. Billows
- The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence… Affection
- The study of the human character opens at once a beautiful and a deformed picture of the soul. Beautiful
- The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization. All
- Our situation is truly delicate & critical. On the one hand we are in need of a strong federal government founded on principles that will… Among
- The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result… American
- A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of… Aristocracy
- But truth is most likely to be exhibited by the general sense of contemporaries, when the feelings of the heart can be expressed without suffering… Contemporaries
- It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy Courtesy
- A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson,… America
- By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on… America
- Public emergencies may require the hand of severity to fall heavily on those who are not personally guilty, but compassion prompts, and ever urges to… Compassion
- General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the… Army
- I have my fears. Yet, notwithstanding the complicated difficulties that rise before us, there is no receding; and I should blush if in any instance… Any
- Mankind may amuse themselves with theoretic systems of liberty... but we can only discern its true value by the practical and wretched effects of slavery. American Revolution
- On the evening of December 25, General Washington in a most severe season crossed the Delaware with a part of his army, then reduced to… Army
- The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the new train of… Almost Universally
- Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is… Address
- I am more and more convinced, of the propensity in human nature to tyranize over their fellow men.... Convinced
- To learn to die is an heroic work. Death
- But in the hero ne'er forget the man. Forget