Jonathan Mayhew
Jonathan Mayhew
Jonathan Mayhewwas a noted American minister at Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts. He coined the phrase "No taxation without representation."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 October 1720
CountryUnited States of America
stupid men suffering
It would be stupid tameness, and unaccountable folly, for whole nations to suffer one unreasonable, ambitious and cruel man, to wanton and riot in their misery
men liberty strikes
There are men who strike at liberty under the term licentiousness
tyrants common inspired
Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle.
kings government over-you
For which reason I would exhort you to pay all due Regard to the government over us; to the KING and all in authority; and to lead a quiet and peaceable life.
lying deceit would-be
Not to discontinue our allegiance, in this case, would be to join with the sovereign in promoting the slavery and misery of that society, the welfare of which, we ourselves, as well as our sovereign, are indispensably obliged to secure and promote, as far as in us lies.
government safety common
The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility
loyal
Let us all learn to be free, and to be loyal
kings yield rights
The king is as much bound by his oath not to infringe the legal rights of the people, as the people are bound to yield subjection to him. From whence it follows that as soon as the prince sets himself above the law, he loses the king in the tyrant. He does, to all intents and purposes, un-king himself.
liberty use cloaks
Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness
trust men law
To say that subjects in general are not proper judges (of the law) when their governors oppress them and play the tyrant, and when they defend their rights ...is as great a treason as ever a man uttered.
character office pirate
They are more properly ‘The Messengers of Satan to buffet us.’ No rulers are properly God’s ministers, but such as are ‘just, ruling in the fear of God.’ When once magistrates act contrary to their office, and the end of their institution when they rob and ruin the public, instead of being guardians of its peace … they immediately cease to be the ordinance and ministers of God, and no more deserve that glorious character than common pirates and highwaymen.
people liberty bears
People are not usually deprived of their liberties all at once, but gradually, by one encroachment after another, as it is found they are disposed to bear them.