American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Maryland Constitution (1798): <ARTICLE 5, SECTION 1. That the people called Quakers, those called Nicolites, or New Quakers, those called Tunkers, and those called Menonists, holding it unlawful to take an oath on any occasion, shall be allowed to make their solemn affirmation as witnesses, in the manner that Quakers have been heretofore allowed to affirm, which affirmation shall be of the same avail as an oath, to all intents and purposes whatever.> 1798MD001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1798MD001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Maryland...

Kentucky Resolutions (November 16, 1798) stated: <III. Resolved, that it is true as a general principle, and is also expressly declared by one of the amendments of the Constitution that "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people"; and that no power over the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, or freedom of the press being delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, all lawful power respecting the same did of right remain,...

Jedediah Strong Smith (June 24, 1798-May 27, 1831) was an American trader and explorer. His expeditions were exceeded in importance only by those of Lewis and Clark. He helped lead expeditions up the Missouri River, with characters such as keelboatmen Mike Fink, Talbot, and Carpenter. He led expeditions across the Rocky Mountains, 1822-26; from California to the Oregon coast; across the Mojave desert and the Sierra Nevadas; and along the Santa Fe Trail, 1826-29. Jedediah Strong Smith, along with two other partners, operated the successful fur-trading company of Smith, Jackson and Sublette, in Salt Lake City. Jedediah Strong Smith, who...

Charles Hodge (December 27, 1797-June 19, 1878) was married to the great-grand daughter of Ben Franklin, received his doctorate from Rutgers University and was a professor for fifty years at Princeton University. A distinguished author, Charles Hodge wrote in 1871: <The proposition that the United States [is] a Christian...nation, is...the statement of a fact. That fact is not simply that the great majority of the people are Christians...but that the organic life, the institutions, laws, and official action of the government, whether that action be legislative, judicial, or executive, is...in accordance with the principles of...Christianity.... If a man goes to China,...

Sojourner Truth (c.1797-November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist. A slave herself, she was freed in 1827 and who moved with her family to New York. In 1843, she heard "a voice from Heaven," and began to travel the North preaching emancipation of the slaves. In the mid- 1860's, she relocated in Washington, D.C., and helped resettle ex-slaves. A strong part of the abolitionist movement, Sojourner Truth stated: <When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wanted to keep nothing of Egypt on me, and so I went to the Lord and asked him to give...