3 Roger Williams Quotes on Justice

Roger Williams quotes on justice

4. The natives are very exact and punctual in the bounds of their lands, belonging to this or that prince or people, even to a river, brook, &c. And I have known them make bargain and sale amongst themselves for a small piece or quantity of ground ; notwithstanding a sinful opinion amongst many, that christians have right to heathen's land.

23. At once maddeningly original and disarmingly humane, Roger Williams championed Native American rights, church-state separation, and an independent judiciary when each was considered rank heresy.

27. The English... justified their grabbing of Indian land by claiming that these simple folk did not really believe in property rights. On the contrary, Williams observed, 'the Natives are very exact and punctual in the bounds of their Lands, belonging to this or that Prince or People,' even bargaining among themselves for a small piece of ground.