Quotes by Roger Williams

“[To err is human, to forgive is divine] . . . but this does not make it desirable to make as many errors as possible.”

“Enforced uniformity confounds civil and religious liberty and denies the principles of Christianity and civility. No man shall be required to worship or maintain a worship against his will.”

“That cannot be a true religion which needs carnal weapons to uphold it.”

“God requireth not a uniformity of religion to be enacted in any civil state; which enforced uniformity (sooner or later) is the greatest occasion of civil war, ravishing of conscience, persecution of Christ Jesus in his servants, and of the hypocrisy and destruction of millions of souls.”

“God requireth not a uniformity of religion.”

“The greatest crime in the world is not developing your potential. When you do what you do best, you are helping not only yourself, but the world.”

“No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present state of witnesses against Antichrist, but by the gracious inspiration and instigation of the Holy Spirit of God.”

“By concord little things grow great, by discord the greatest come to nothing.”

“All civil states, with their officers of justice, in their respective constitutions and administrations, are proved essentially civil, and therefore not judges, governors, or defenders of the spiritual, or Christian, state and worship.”

“Mens consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained.”

“I would imagine the situation will resolve itself naturally, thats what normally happens. Its not a case of switching off life support.”

“Well, we dont expect him to look pink and wonderful, do we?”

“He cant survive day after day after day without some improvement occurring. Hes keeping himself alive.”

“His brain is active, his pupils are reactive, ... We are not keeping people alive that arent alive and we certainly wouldnt do that.”

“Im not confident about a recovery, Ive never said Im confident about a recovery because he is so generally ill and can be affected so easily by any infection, any setback. But he is better than he was yesterday.”

“Its another shade of improvement,”

“I dont want to give you the impression that were jumping with joy or hes definitely going to recover. Its just a step in the right direction.”

“While the brain is working, you go on trying, ... Life depends on the brain function and that is still working. Hes just desperately ill man in (intensive care) and we struggle on.”

“He remains very ill, there is a bit more of a problem with bleeding than we had before,”

“We did have it some weeks ago - it seems to be coming back to some degree again, the loss of blood, which is a worry.”