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Quotation from The Mayflower Compact by The Mayflower Pilgrims
“solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation”
The Mayflower Compact, Covenant clause (Avalon Project transcription from Bradford)
The heart of the compact: the passengers form themselves into a political community by mutual covenant before God.
Citation: "solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation" — The Mayflower Pilgrims, The Mayflower Compact, Covenant clause (Avalon Project transcription from Bradford). (id mayflower-compact-q3)
Portrait: The Mayflower Compact, 1620, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, Public domain.
