QUOTATIONS about the concept of “KINDRED”

“We cannot destroy kindred: our chains stretch a little sometimes,
but they never break.”
Marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696)
– a French author and lady of fashion

“It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
– in an Address on Colonization to a Negro Deputation in Washington DC, August 14, 1862

“Freedom has been hunted around the globe.
Reason was considered as rebellion.
And the slavery of fear made men afraid to think.
But such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks,
all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.
In such a situation, man becomes what he ought to be.
He sees his species not with the inhuman idea of a natural enemy.
He sees his species as kindred.”
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
– as quoted by Studs Terkel in the series “This I Believe” on National Public Radio, October 2005

Do YOU (the person reading these words) know of any eloquent quotations that use the word ‘kindred’? Can you author any such statements yourself? If you answer yes to either of these questions (or to both) we would appreciate your contributing to the growing collection on this webpage.

Please send statements, poems, essays about the concept of 'kindred' to KindredCOLORS, 31 Colburn St., Dedham MA 02026.

We are grateful to Advisory Board Member PATRICIA BADE for contributing the Marquise de Sévigné statement above.

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