Who is William Penn
William Penn (14 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans.In 1681, King Charles II handed over a large piece of his North American land holdings along the North Atlantic Ocean coast to Penn to pay the debts the king had owed to Penn's father, the admiral and politician Sir William Penn. This land included the present-day states of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Penn immediately set sail and took his first step on American soil, sailing up the Delaware Bay and Delaware ...
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- In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
- For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
- Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
- A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
- Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
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Naialaxinsider: posted my rpi but not my gut naia lacrosse rankings. here we go. 1 - kesier 2 - reinhardt 3 - webber 4 - indiana tech 5 - concordia 6 - cumberlands 7 - siena heights 8 - william penn 9 - aquinas 10 - benedictine rvs - ltu, mvnu, columbia, madonna & ottawaMike_may_quotes: for a covetous man to inveigh against prodigality, an atheist against idolatry, a tyrant against rebellion, or a lyer against forgery, and a drunkard against intemperance, is for the pot to call the kettle black. (william penn, 1644–1718)
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