The Christian church [in its true identity] does not persecute; any more than a lily scratches the thorns, or a lamb pursues and tears the wolves, or a turtledove hunts the hawks and eagles, or a chaste and modest virgin fights and scratches like whores and harlots.
Roger WilliamsIt is only the Lord who is able to give [unbelievers] repentance and recover them out of Satan's snare.
Roger WilliamsCivil government is an ordinance of God, to conserve the civil peace of a people, so far as concerns their bodies and goods.
Roger WilliamsWhatever tumults and strifes await God's witnesses, it remains clear that the doctrine of persecution for the sake of conscience is most evidently and lamentably contrary to the doctrine of Christ Jesus, the Prince of Peace.
Roger Williams