Top Quotes & Sayings by James Oglethorpe

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British politician James Oglethorpe.
Last updated on November 26, 2024.
James Oglethorpe

James Edward Oglethorpe was a British soldier, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist, as well as the founder of the colony of Georgia in what was then British America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's worthy poor in the New World, initially focusing on those in debtors' prisons.

If We allow Slaves, we act against the very Principles by which we associated together, which was to relieve the distressed. — © James Oglethorpe
If We allow Slaves, we act against the very Principles by which we associated together, which was to relieve the distressed.
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