American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Rhode Island State Seal (1797) reflected the sentiments of the state's 69,122 population. On the seal, over the picture of an anchor, is inscribed the motto: <IN GOD WE HOPE.> 1797RI001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1797RI001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Rhode Island Seal, 1797, motto inscribed on seal. "A New Display of the United States" (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress). Gary DeMar, God and Government (Atlanta, GA: American Vision Press, 1984), Vol. 2, p. 118. Mark A. Beliles and Stephen K. McDowell, America's Providential History...

Tennessee (June 1, 1796) was the 16th State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Tennessee, adopted 1796, stated: <Article XI, Section III. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences.> 1796TN001 <Article VIII, Section II. No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this State.> 1796TN002 <Article XI, Section IV. That no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public...

Horace Mann (May 4, 1796-August 2, 1859) was an American legislator and educator. He played a leading role establishing the public school system in the United States. As a lawyer, Horace Mann served in the Massachusetts legislature as a state representative, 1827-33, and as a state senator, 1833-37. In 1848, he became a U.S. Representative and strongly fought to end slavery in America. Horace Mann was known for being the Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education; founding the first state normal school in the United States in 1839; and being the president of Antioch College in Ohio. In...

George Nixon Briggs (April 12, 1796-September 12, 1861) was an American politician and philanthropist. He was the Governor of Massachusetts, and a U.S. Representative for six successive terms. In May of 1850, while President of the American Baptist Missionary Union, he addressed the missionaries in Buffalo: <You go to an embassy compared with which all the embassies of men dwindle into insignificance. You go forth as ambassadors of Christ. You go to crumble idols-to convey light to benighted minds-to kindle love to God in the souls of ungodly men. Who can overestimate the qualifications necessary for such work? The fervent,...

Francis Wayland (March 11, 1796-September 30, 1865) was an American clergyman, author and educator. He was the president of Brown University, 1827-55, and the first president of the American Institute of Instruction, 1830. He was instrumental in devising the school system for Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of Union College and Harvard University, Francis Wayland wrote: Elements of Moral Science, 1835; Elements of Political Economy, 1837; Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States, 1842; and A Memoir of the Life of the Rev. Adoniram Judson, D.D., 1842. As a well recognized American clergyman, Francis Wayland stated: <That...