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We have denied the power of life and death to parents
==Later life==
==Later life==
In 1779, after more than six years and service in more than one hundred committees, Witherspoon voluntarily retired from his seat in the Continental Congress. He was persuaded to return to Congress in 1780, but at the close of 1782, he again retired from political life.
In 1779, after more than six years and service in more than one hundred committees, Witherspoon voluntarily retired from his seat in the Continental Congress. He was persuaded to return to Congress in 1780, but at the close of 1782, he again retired from political life.
==Quotes==
* "Some nations have given parents the power of life and death over their children....... We have denied the power of life and death to parents." - Lectures on Moral Authority: Relation of Parents and Children<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6wArAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA91 The Works of John Witherspoon, D.D.], pp. 91-92</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.org/details/lecturesonmoralp00withrich Lectures on Moral Philosophy]
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