American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck (April 1, 1815-July 30, 1898) was a Prussian statesman. Serving under Emperor William I, he was largely responsible for uniting the German people. Known as the Iron Chancellor, he served as the Prussian foreign minister, 1862-71, and the first Chancellor of the new German Empire, 1871-90. Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck declared: <Would to God that, apart from what is known in the world, I had no other sins upon my soul, for which I only hope to be forgiven by trusting in the blood of Christ. I know not whence I should derive my...

John Armor Bingham (January 21, 1815-March 19, 1900) was a U.S. Representative, 1855-63, 1865-73. He served as the U.S. Minister to Japan, 1873-85. He was Judge Advocate at the trial of President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, and one of the managers of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial. John Armor Bingham stated: <I was instructed in early youth by precept and example of my father and mother. I hereby became convinced of the truth of Christ's teaching, and of the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures. My convictions on this subject must suffice for me; I will not surrender them to any man....

Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1815) in the case of The Commonwealth v. Jesse Sharpless and others, 2 Serg. & R. 91-92, 97, 101-104 (1815), rendered the grand jury indictment as follows: <Jesse Sharpless...John Haines...George Haines...John Steel...Ephriam Martin...and Mayo...designing, contriving, and intending the morals, as well of youth as of divers other citizens of this commonwealth, to debauch and corrupt, and to raise and create in their minds inordinate and lustful desires...in a certain house there...scandalously did exhibit and show for money...a certain lewd...obscene painting, representing a man in an obscene...and indecent posture with a woman, to the manifest corruption and subversion...

William Bross (November 4, 1813-January 27, 1890) was an American journalist. He was the editor of the Chicago Tribune. In an interview, William Bross gave his reply to three questions inquiring how he attained success: <1. What maxims have had a strong influence on your life, and helped to your success?: The Proverbs of Solomon and other Scriptures. They were quoted a thousand times by my honored father, and caused an effort to do my duty each day, under a constant sense of obligation to my Saviour and fellow man. 2. What do you consider essential elements of success for a...

John Louis O'Sullivan (November 1813-February 24, 1895) was an American journalist and diplomat. He was the first to use the term "manifest destiny." Appointed U.S. Minister to Portugal, he also was the founder and editor of the United States Magazine and Democratic Review, and the editor of the New York Morning News. From September to November, 1839, he wrote a series of editorials in the Democratic Review, in which he stated: <In this ennobling influence, Christianity and democracy are one. What, indeed, is democracy but Christianity in its earthly aspect, Christianity made effective among the political relations of men.> 1813OS001 In...