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    William Penn

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    Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. ↗


    — William Penn

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    Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee. ↗


    — William Penn

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    A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it. ↗


    — William Penn

    #come #end #ever #evil #good

    Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. ↗


    — William Penn

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    Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. ↗


    — William Penn

    #benefit #many #popularity #real #snares

    O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. ↗


    — William Penn

    #help #i #i do #lord #me

    Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants. ↗


    — William Penn

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    He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end. ↗


    — William Penn

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    He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care. ↗


    — William Penn

    #deal #does #father #great #great deal

    It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any. ↗


    — William Penn

    #better #bitter #church #far #than






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    Did you know about William Penn?

    As a pacifist Quaker Penn considered the problems of war and peace deeply and included a plan for a United States of Europe ("European Dyet Parliament or Estates") in his voluminous writings. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution. In 1704 they achieved their goal when the three southernmost counties of Pennsylvania were permitted to split off and become the new semi-autonomous colony of Lower Delaware.

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