The Quakers Quotes

“In many ways, this charter for West Jersey (later to become Pennsylvania) was a forerunner of what the actual United States Constitution would entail. “Concession and Agreements” contains general guidelines for the community, with an additional listing of allowed civil liberties, which are very much in line with what would eventually become the US Bill of Rights. William Penn, who lived one hundred years before the founding of the United States, is not usually considered a Founding Father, but there are those who would argue that he very well should be.”
― Captivating History, The Quakers: A Captivating Guide to a Historically Christian Group and How William Penn Founded the Colony of Pennsylvania in British North America

“the evil one was no laughing matter for the Puritans, and almost anyone preaching a different doctrine than what they were used to was immediately suspect.”
― Captivating History, The Quakers: A Captivating Guide to a Historically Christian Group and How William Penn Founded the Colony of Pennsylvania in British North America

“As the years passed, these two religious worlds would continue to collide, as one would try to convince the other of their ideological superiority. And in this struggle, it must be said that it was the Puritans who bared their teeth.”
― Captivating History, The Quakers: A Captivating Guide to a Historically Christian Group and How William Penn Founded the Colony of Pennsylvania in British North America