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Famous Ezra Stiles Quotes
“The United States are under peculiar obligations to become a holy people unto the Lord our God.”
Source: The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour; a Sermon [on Deut. Xxvi. 19] ... Second Edition, Corrected
“The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom.”
“Our trade opens to all the world.”
Source: The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour; a Sermon [on Deut. Xxvi. 19] ... Second Edition, Corrected
“Indians are numerous in the tropical regions; not so elsewhere.”
Source: The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour; a Sermon [on Deut. Xxvi. 19] ... Second Edition, Corrected
“The Lord shall have made his American Israel high above all nations which he hath made.”
“War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven.”
“We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy.”