Let the grand errand
Let the grand errand into America never be forgotten. Ezra Stiles
Ezra Stiles
War, in some instances,
War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven. Ezra Stiles
All the forms of
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America. Most of the states, of all ages …have been founded in rapacity, usurpation, and injustice; so that in the contests recorded in history …the military history of all … Read more
It gives me pleasure
It gives me pleasure to find that public liberty is effectually secured in each and all the policies of the United States, though somewhat differently modeled. Ezra Stiles
The British merchants represented
The British merchants represented that they received some profit indeed from Virginia and South Carolina, as well as the West Indies; but as for the rest of this continent, they were constant losers in trade. Ezra Stiles
All the forms of
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America. Ezra Stiles
The Lord shall have
The Lord shall have made his American Israel high above all nations which he hath made. Ezra Stiles
We stand a better
We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy. Ezra Stiles
But after the spirit
But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series of injustice, which has reigned in all countries for almost four thousand years. Ezra Stiles
The right of conscience
The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body for the liberty, free exercise, and unmolested enjoyment of this right. Ezra Stiles