Honor
Based on the type of men who held the position of president of Congress, the title carried great weight:
“Among the fourteen men who held the chair of Congress, were some of the first characters in America, and of the seven who occupied it during the period, 1774-81, five must be regarded as belonging to a small group of the foremost leaders of the day. These were Peyton Randolph, John Hancock, Henry Laurens, John Jay, and Thomas Mckean. Henry Middleton and Samuel Huntington, the other two, were less prominent, but were possessed of substantial reputations.”
The citizenry likewise viewed the office with considerable honor:
“’Your name, till late, known comparatively to but few out of your own Provence, now holds rank with other Chieftans in the American cause, and is of course, in the mouth of every…man, woman, and child, throughout the extended Continent of English America.’”
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Famous quotes containing the word honor:
“The real reason I run is to bring honor to Jesus.”
—Charity Fillmore (b. 1982)
“Thou art a fellow of a good respect;
Thy life hath had some smatch of honor in it.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)