William Penn Law Quotations

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.

Anything less than full justice is cruelty.

Men being born with a title to perfect freedom and uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature... no one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political view of another, without his consent.

You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great; you shall be governed by laws of your own making and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious life. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution and has given me his grace to keep it.