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Roger Sherman

(1721–1793) Politician United States

15 quotes in 162 categories

Roger Sherman was a politician from the United States, best known for Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance (Celtic Interest).

Quick Facts About Roger Sherman

Born: April 19, 1721
Died: July 23, 1793
Nationality: United States
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance (Celtic Interest)
Spouse: Elizabeth Hartwell

About Roger Sherman

Roger Sherman was an early American politician, lawyer, and a Founding Father of the United States. Representing Connecticut, he is the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. He also signed the 1774 Petition to the King.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Roger Sherman

I believe that there is one only living and true God, existing in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy…

Accepting

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Government is instituted for those who live under it.

Funny

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Sad will be the day when the American people forget their traditions and their history, and so longer remember that the country…

America

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All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination.

Any

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The question is, not what rights naturally belong to man, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society.

Guarded

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I believe that the souls of believers are at their death made perfectly holy, and immediately taken to glory: that at the…

Believe

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You are further to declare that we hold sacred the rights of conscience, and may promise to the whole people, solemnly in…

Christian

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If the president alone was vested with the power of appointing all officers, and was left to select a council for himself,…

Council

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The Executive should be able to repel and not to commence war.

Able

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Congress has no power to make any religious establishments.

Christian father

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We were driven off like rats in five minutes.

Driven

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Let us live no more to ourselves, but to Him who loved us, and gave Himself to die for us.

Die

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I believe a visible church to be a congregation of those who make a credible profession of their faith in Christ, and…

Believe

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The Government made by a number of Sovereign States.

Government

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True Christians are assured that no temptation (or trial) shall happen to them but what they shall be enabled to bear; and…

Assured

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