Mercy Otis Warren
(1728-1814)

American Writer, Playwright
"The Conscience of the American Revolution"
National Womens' Hall of Fame

birthdate: September 25 (September 14 - old calendar)
birthplace:
Barnstable, Massachusetts

QUOTES

every domestic enjoyment depends on the unimpaired possession of civil and religious liberty.

Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition.

Our situation is truly delicate and critical. On the one hand we are in need of a strong federal government founded on principles that will support he prosperity and union of the colonies. On the other we have struggled for liberty and made costly sacrifices at her shrine and there are still many among us who revere her name too much to relinquish {beyond a certain medium} the rights of man for the dignity of government.

A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy.

"The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments"

 

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