Roger Williams National Memorial

Quotes by Roger Williams

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Truth: Sweet Peace, what hast thou there?
Peace: Arguments against persecution for cause of conscience.

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". . . the further you wander, and have the further to come back, and the end of one vexation, will be but the beginning of another." July 21, 1637

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"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties." Milton, 1644

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"Will it not evidently follow, that . . . they ought not to submit to any magistrates in the world in these cases, but to magistrates just of their own conscience?"

-R. Williams, 1644

Williams wrote this in his masterwork on the reasons for the separation of church and state.

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Peace: we acknowledge, none is to be constrained to believe or profess the true religion, till he be convinced in judgment of the truth of it

Truth: I . . . shall stand for ever, even when these heavens and earth are burnt.

-R Williams, 1644

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["brought from Luke ix. and 2 Tim. ii., to prove patience and permission to men opposite, “these scriptures,” saith he, “are directions to ministers of the gospel;” and in the end of that passage he adds, “Much less do they speak at all to civil magistrates.”] - R. Williams, 1644

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to be weak is miserable
Doing or Suffering: but of this be sure,
To do ought good never will be our task,
But ever to do ill our sole delight,

-John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667)

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"All civil states, with their officers of justice, in their respective constitutions and administrations, are proved essentially civil, and therefore not judges, governors, or defenders of the spiritual, or Christian, state and worship." Roger Williams

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Forced worship stinks in God's nostrils
- Roger Williams

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Looking for a volunteer opportunity? On Saturday, April 23, there are community cleanups at Slater Mill (67 Roosevelt Ave., Pawtucket - 9 a.m. - noon) and Roger Williams National Memorial (282 N. Main St., Providence - 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.). #NPW #NationalParkWeek @rowi1636 @BHC_Inc

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Peace: O What mysteries are these to Flesh and Blood!
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Thank you volunteers, for all the hard work today.

Shown here are some of the folks that came out to help with ROWI's 4th annual Spring Clean-Up which had been postponed from last Saturday.

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About one of those that was an influence on Roger Williams, a bit of a smile..... https://t.co/QpRbulnxMa

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