Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Lyman Beecher

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American priest Lyman Beecher.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Lyman Beecher

Lyman Beecher was a Presbyterian minister, and the father of 13 children, many of whom became noted figures, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Catharine Beecher, and Thomas K. Beecher.

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death.
No great advance has been made in science, politics, or religion without controversy.
Eloquence is logic on fire. — © Lyman Beecher
Eloquence is logic on fire.
[Disestablishment was] the best thing that ever happened to the state of Connecticut. It cut the churches loose from dependence on state support. It threw them wholly on their own resources and on God.
Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it
No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.
We may form free constitutions, but our vices will destroy them; we may enact laws, but they will not protect us.
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