“It is a clear and just thing, and my God who has given it to me through many difficulties, will, I believe, bless and make it the seed of a nation.”
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William Penn
William Penn was an English writer, theologian, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania. An advocate of democracy and religious freedom, Penn was known for his amicable relations and successful treaties with the Lenape native peoples who had resided in present-day Pennsylvania before European colonisation there.
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business · English writer and religious thinker (1644–1718) · philosopher · entrepreneur · theologian · politician · writer · Colonial proprietor · lawyer · also William Penn, Penn
Born 14 October 1644 · Died 30 July 1718 · Q209152
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Thou must not, reader, from my querying thus, conclude we do deny (as he hath falsely charged us) those glorious Three, which bear record in heaven, the Father, Word, and Spirit; neither the infinity, eternity and divinity of Jesus Christ; for that we know he is the mighty God.
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2026· 3 entries
“Thou must not, reader, from my querying thus, conclude we do deny (as he hath falsely charged us) those glorious Three, which bear record in heaven, the Father, Word, and Spirit; neither the infinity, eternity and divinity of Jesus Christ; for that we know he is the mighty God.”
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“My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot: for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.”
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of the United States (1984).
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1946· 1 entry
The logo was changed into a head-and-shoulders portrait of the smiling Quaker Man
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1894· 1 entry
The statue represented the highest point in the city, as City Hall was then the tallest building in Philadelphia
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1893· 1 entry
Hajoca Corporation, the nation's largest privately held wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, and industrial supplies, adopted the statue as its trademark symbol
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1718· 4 entries
Died 1718-07-30.
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“Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.”
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“Liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.”
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“They have a Right to censure, that have a Heart to help: The rest is Cruelty, not Justice.”
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1681· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1681).
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1661· 1 entry
Studied at Christ Church (1660–1661).
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1644· 1 entry
Born 1644-10-14.
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