William Bradford

"Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and, as one small candle may light a thousand, so our light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation; let the glorious name of Jehovah have all the praise." (Of Plymouth Plantation, 1647) --- William Bradford was the second Governor of the Plymouth settlement in Massachusetts. He was a co-author and signer of the Mayflower Compact.