A Founding Mother Quotes

“We all want to be thought righteous, but to do right is the Lord’s command.”
― Stephanie Dray, A Founding Mother

“That makes it worth it. We all want to be thought righteous, but to do right is the Lord’s command.”
― Stephanie Dray, A Founding Mother

“The pain of bringing Susanna into this world was infinitely less than the pain of seeing her pass back out of it. It was the wrong order of things, to outlive a child.”
― Stephanie Dray, A Founding Mother

“think it would be better if women served on juries so the partiality of human nature did not always go one way—against the woman.”
― Stephanie Dray, A Founding Mother

“John Adams was an utter misanthrope, or so I liked to tease, but he had a more tender heart than anyone else knew. And once I discovered that tender heart, I claimed it—and gave him mine in return.”
― Stephanie Dray, A Founding Mother

“Longing for Heaven.”
― Stephanie Dray, A Founding Mother

“Remember, there never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”
― Stephanie Dray, A Founding Mother

“If particular care is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
― Stephanie Dray, A Founding Mother

“And by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose will be necessary, I desire you would remember the ladies. Be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands.”
― Stephanie Dray, A Founding Mother

“Fathers might drive the ploughs that till the fields of our future, but mothers provide the water, pull the weeds, and nurture the buds. Because men oversee the harvest, they take the credit for the crop. But without mothers, not one sprout would grow—whether the fruit be a child or a nation. It is mothers who nourish and guide each shoot toward the light without knowing what may blossom and what may wither on the vine. Without knowing which children will live or die.”
― Stephanie Dray, A Founding Mother

“the king had excited insurrections against us. Imposed tariffs without consent. Deprived the legislature of their rightful power. Undermined and corrupted the courts. Harassed and threatened public officials. Obstructed immigration. Sent soldiers against us in peacetime. Put military authority above civil authority. Quartered”
― Stephanie Dray, A Founding Mother