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Anne Hutchinson: An oath, sir,...

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An oath, sir, is an end of all strife, and it is God's ordinance.

Source: Spoken at her trial in Boston, 1 Nov 1637; in Antinomianism in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1636-1638, ed. Charles Francis Adams, 1894.
-- Anne Hutchinson, ( 1591-1643), US religious leader; She was the first woman in the new world to insist on practicing her religious faith as she chose, including holding religious meetings in her home.

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