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John Winthrop Quotes

For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.

"A Modell of Christian Charity" (1630).Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, wrote this in a discourse composed aboard the Arbella during its voyage to Massachusetts. See Bible 208

To love and live beloved is the soul's paradise.

John Winthrop, Richard S. Dunn, Laetitia Yeandle (1996). “The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630-1649”, p.7, Harvard University Press

A liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest.

John Winthrop (1853). “The History of New England from 1630 to 1649”, p.281

Love is the bond of perfection.

John Winthrop, Richard S. Dunn, Laetitia Yeandle (1996). “The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630-1649”, p.5, Harvard University Press