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Quotation from The Mayflower Compact by The Mayflower Pilgrims
“such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.”
The Mayflower Compact, Law-making clause (Avalon Project transcription from Bradford)
The signers promise to frame laws for the common good and to obey them, the reciprocal duty that gives the compact its force.
Citation: "such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience." — The Mayflower Pilgrims, The Mayflower Compact, Law-making clause (Avalon Project transcription from Bradford). (id mayflower-compact-q4)
Portrait: The Mayflower Compact, 1620, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, Public domain.
