William the Silent - Man Quotes

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I will say no more, than that I will act as I shall answer hereafter to God and to man.

William the Silent

It is not possible for me to bear alone such labours and the burden of such weighty cares as press on me from hour to hour, without one man at my side to help me. I have not a soul to aid me in all my anxieties and toils.

William the Silent

In all things there must be order, but it must of such a kind as is possible to observe... to see a man burnt for doing as he thought right, harms the people, for this is a matter of conscience.

William the Silent

My legal wife is to me dead; the only ecclesiastical authority I recognise pronounces me free; the attacks and threats of men do not disturb me. I am acting according to a clear conscience, and am doing hurt to no man. For my conduct, I will answer to my maker.

William the Silent