Fathers

Famous quotes containing the word fathers:

“Our fathers waged a bloody conflict with England, because they were taxed without being represented. This is just what unmarried women of property are now.”
—Angelina Grimké (1805–1879)

“If fathers who fear fathering and run away from it could only see how little fathering is enough. Mostly, the father just needs to be there.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)

“For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you.”
—Bible: Hebrew Deuteronomy, 6:15.

The words are also found in Exodus 20:5, referring to the second commandment: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image ... for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.”