American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Maryland Constitution (1867): <PREAMBLE. We, the People of the State of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty, and taking into our serious consideration the best means of establishing a good Constitution in this State for the sure foundation and more permanent security thereof, declare... ARTICLE 24. That Slavery shall not be re-established in this State; but having been abolished, under the policy and authority of the United States, compensation, in consideration thereof, is due from the United States... ARTICLE 36. That as it is the duty of every man to worship God in such manner...

Stanley Baldwin (August 3, 1867-December 14, 1947) the 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, was British Prime Minister, 1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37; and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1922-23. He stated: <The Holy Bible is not only great but high explosive literature. It works in strange ways and no living man can tell or know how that book in its journeyings through the world has started an individual soul 10,000 different places into a new life, a new belief, a new conception and a new faith.> 1867SB001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement....

Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867-April 9, 1959) was an American architect, known for his bold originality of design. Famous edifices designed by him are: the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan (1916); the Millard House, Pasadena, California (1923); Oak Park Unity Temple, outside Chicago, Illinois (1904); and Taliesin, his private residence, Spring Green, Wisconsin (1911). He founded and directed "The Taliesin Fellowship," an experimental school of the arts, and published the magazine Taliesin. His works include: In the Cause of Architecture (1909-1923); An Inscription of Japanese Prints (1912); Experimenting with Human Lives (1923); Modern Architecture (1931); An Autobiography-Frank Lloyd Wright (1932; 1943);...

Nebraska (March 1, 1867) was the 37th State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Nebraska, adopted June 12, 1875, stated: <Preamble. We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom...establish this Constitution.> 1867NE001 <Article I, Section IV. Religion, morality, and knowledge, however, being essential to good government, it shall be the duty of the legislature to pass suitable laws...to encourage schools and the means of instruction.> 1867NE002 <Bill of Rights, Article I, Section 4. All persons have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences.> 1867NE003 --...

North American Review (1867) reported: <The American government and the Constitution is the most precious possession which the world holds, or which the future can inherit. This is true- true because the American system is the political expression of Christian ideas.> 1867NA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1867NA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). North American Review, 1867. Stephen K. McDowell and Mark A. Beliles, The Spirit of the Constitution. David Barton, The Myth of Separation (Aledo, TX: WallBuilder Press, 1991), p. 136.