--- title: "4 Robert Treat Paine Quotes - Famous Lawyer (Adams and liberty)" description: "Robert Treat Paine was a lawyer, politician and Founding Father of the United States who signed the Continental Association and Declaration of Independe..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robert-treat-paine-80274.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Robert Treat Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robert-treat-paine-80274.jpg) # Robert Treat Paine (1835–1910) Lawyer United States **4** quotes in **55** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Robert Treat Paine was a lawyer from the United States, best known for *Adams and liberty*. ## Quick Facts About Robert Treat Paine Born January 1, 1835 Died January 1, 1910 Nationality United States Profession Lawyer Notable works Adams and liberty Spouse Sally Cobb Paine ## About Robert Treat Paine Robert Treat Paine was a lawyer, politician and Founding Father of the United States who signed the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence as a representative of the colonial era Province of Massachusetts Bay, one of the original Thirteen Colonies. He served as the state's first attorney general and as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state's highest court. ## Awards & Honors Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ## Quotes by Robert Treat Paine > [I am constrained to express my adoration of the Supreme Being, the Author of my existence, in full belief of His providential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-treat-paine/i-am-constrained-to-express-my-adoration-of-the-supreme-being-the/) [Robert Treat Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-treat-paine/) [Adoration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/robert-treat-paine-67727_adoration_i-am-constrained-to-express-my-adoration_1049887.jpg) > [I believe the Bible to be the written Word of God and to contain in it the whole rule of faith and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-treat-paine/i-believe-the-bible-to-be-the-written-word-of-god-and-to-contain-in/) [Robert Treat Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-treat-paine/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/robert-treat-paine-67727_believe_i-believe-the-bible-to-be-the-written-wo_1099424.jpg) > [And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, while the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-treat-paine/and-ne-er-shall-the-sons-of-columbia-be-slaves-while-the-earth-bears/) [Robert Treat Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-treat-paine/) [Be a slave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-a-slave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/robert-treat-paine-67727_be-a-slave_and-ne-er-shall-the-sons-of-columbia-be_2742462.jpg) > [I desire to bless and praise the name of God most high for appointing me my birth in a land of Gospel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-treat-paine/i-desire-to-bless-and-praise-the-name-of-god-most-high-for-appointing/) [Robert Treat Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-treat-paine/) [Birth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/robert-treat-paine-67727_birth_i-desire-to-bless-and-praise-the-name-of_3064234.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-treat-paine/#itemlist", "name": "Robert Treat Paine Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am constrained to express my adoration of the Supreme Being, the Author of my existence, in full belief of His providential goodness and His forgiving mercy revealed to the world through Jesus Christ, through Whom I hope for never-ending happiness in a future state.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Treat Paine" }, "url": 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