3 Quotes & Sayings By John Winthrop

John Winthrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 11, 1607. He graduated from Harvard University, where he had been a classmate of John Harvard. He became a lawyer and was later elected to the Massachusetts General Court. In 1643 he accepted an offer from the Connecticut Colony to serve as its first governor Read more

The same year, he was also elected the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1644 he was instrumental in drafting the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, which set out rules for governing the colony. Winthrop served as governor for two terms and then returned to his law practice.

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For this end, we must be knit together in this work as one man, we must entertain each other in brotherly affection, we must be willing to abridge our selves of our superfluities for the supply of others' necessities. We must uphold a familiar commerce together in all meekness, gentleness, patience and liberality. We must delight in each other, make others' conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor, and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, our community as members of the same body. So shall we keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, the Lord will be our God and delight to dwell among us, as His own people and will command a blessing upon us in all our ways, so that we shall see much more of His wisdom, power, goodness, and truth then formerly we have been acquainted with. . John Winthrop
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We must delight in each other, make others conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, our community as members of the same body. John Winthrop