Peter Stuyvesant Quotes

• Praise the Lord, O England’s Jerusalem: and Netherland’s Zion, praise ye the Lord! He hath secured your gates, and blessed your possessions with peace, even here, where the threatened torch of war was lighted.

  Peter Stuyvesant

  Topics in God

  Tags in War, Peace

• The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors’ possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England.

  Peter Stuyvesant

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Design, Honor

• It is not the least anxiety that we have so little powder and lead on hand.

  Peter Stuyvesant

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  Tags in Anxiety

• I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians.

  Peter Stuyvesant

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  Tags in Christian

• It is my intention to proceed slowly with our trenches.

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  Tags in Intention

• I am sustained by the tranquility of an upright and loyal heart.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Heart

• Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Tomorrow

• The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg.

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  Tags in Attack

• The Jews who have arrived would nearly all like to remain here.

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  Tags in Remain

• The people are grown very wild and loose in their morals.

  Peter Stuyvesant

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People

• To let her dail would be the greatest profit both for the company and for the merchants.

  Peter Stuyvesant

  Topics in Business, Economy

• We pray that the deceitful race – such hateful enemies and blasphemers of the name of Christ – be not allowed to further infect and trouble this new colony.

  Peter Stuyvesant

  Topics in Enemy

• Your patience would fail you if I should continue to relate all the disrespectful speeches and treatment which your servants have been obliged to listen to and patiently to bear.

  Peter Stuyvesant

  Topics in Failure

  Tags in Patience

Peter Stuyvesant (13)

Birth:	1612
Death:	August, 1672
Nationality:	Dutch
Profession:	Director

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