John Winthrop Quotes & Sayings

Love is the bond of perfection. — John Winthrop

We must delight in each other, make others conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, our community as members of the same body. — John Winthrop

A democracy is ... accounted the meanest and worst of all forms of government. — John Winthrop

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest. — John Winthrop

For this end, we must be knit together in this work as one man, we must entertain each other in brotherly affection, we must be willing to abridge our selves of our superfluities for the supply of others' necessities. We must uphold a familiar commerce together in all meekness, gentleness, patience and liberality. We must delight in each other, make others' conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor, and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, our community as members of the same body. So shall we keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, the Lord will be our God and delight to dwell among us, as His own people and will command a blessing upon us in all our ways, so that we shall see much more of His wisdom, power, goodness, and truth then formerly we have been acquainted with. — John Winthrop

True liberty is not liberty to do evil as well as good. — John Winthrop

The eyes of all people are upon us. — John Winthrop

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

A woman of haughty and fierce carriage, of a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than a man. — John Winthrop

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