William Bradford quotes

And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms. (William Bradford)
Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness. View quote
William Bradford
But it pleased God to visit us then with death daily, and with so general a disease that the living were scarce able to bury the dead. View quote
William Bradford
Behold, now, another providence of God. A ship comes into the harbor. View quote
William Bradford
Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and, as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation. View quote
William Bradford
The loss of...honest and industrious men's lives cannot be valued at any price. View quote
William Bradford