American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Zephaniah Swift (February 27, 1759-September 27, 1823) was an jurist, politician and author. He was U.S. Representative, 1793-97; Connecticut State Representative, 1787-93, 1820-22; member of the Abolition Society, 1795; Chief-Justice of the Connecticut Superior Court, 1806-19; Connecticut Superior Court Judge, 1801-06; and helped frame the Connecticut State Constitution, 1814. In 1793, in his work The Correspondent, Zephaniah Swift stated: <Christians of different denominations ought to consider that the law knows no distinction among them; that they are all established upon the broad basis of equal liberty, that they have a right to think, speak, and worship as they please, and...

John Armstrong (November 25, 1758-April 1, 1843) was an American politician and diplomat. He served as a U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator; Secretary of War, 1813; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1806-10; U.S Minister to France, 1804-06; and a U.S. Military General. He published the works: Notices of the War of 1812; and Memoirs of Montgomery and Wayne, in Sparks' American Biographies. John Armstrong stated: <Nor is this spiritual and moral disease to be healed by a better education, a few external, transient thoughts. It requires the hand of the great Physician, the Lord Jesus Christ, by His Holy Spirit, and belief...

Noah Webster (October 16, 1758-May 28, 1843) was a statesman, educator and lexicographer. He was noted for compiling the Webster's Dictionary. "The Schoolmaster of the Nation," he published the first edition of his American Dictionary of the English Language in November of 1828, containing the greatest number of biblical definitions in any secular volume. Noah Webster had served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War; was elected to the Connecticut General Assembly for nine terms; the Legislature of Massachusetts for three terms; and served as a judge. His efforts contributed to the addition of Article I, Section 8, to the...

Horatio Nelson (September 29, 1758-October 21, 1805) was a British Admiral. He defeated Napoleon's French fleet at the Battle of the Nile, August 1, 1798, and the combined Spanish and French fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805. Although he was victorious in one of the most decisive battles in naval history, Lord Nelson was fatally wounded. Carried below deck, his last words were: <Thank God I have done my duty.> 1758HN001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1758HN001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Horatio...

James Monroe (April 28, 1758-July 4, 1831) was the 5th President of the United States, 1817-25, having served in public office for fifty years. He acquired Florida from Spain, 1819; added Maine, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama and Mississippi to the Union, and proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine, 1823, which forbade European powers from interfering with the independent nations of the Western Hemisphere. He was Regent of University of Virginia, 1826-31; Secretary of State under James Madison, 1811-17; Secretary of War, 1814-15; Governor of Virginia, 1811; U.S. Minister to Great Britain and Spain, 1803-07; helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon, 1803, which...