American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Josiah Quincy (February 23, 1744-April 26, 1775) was an American Revolutionary patriot, lawyer, and orator of freedom. He wrote many patriotic articles and signed them, "An Independent" or, "An Old Man." His most notable work was Observations of the Act of Parliament Commonly called the Boston Port Bill with Thoughts on Civil Society and Standing Arms, 1774. Josiah Quincy was sent on a mission to England to argue the cause of the Colonists in 1774, and during his return trip, April 26, 1775, he died at sea. His son, Josiah Quincy, (1772-1864), was a U.S. Representative, 1805-18; and president of...

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743-July 4, 1826) was the 3rd President of the United States, 1801-09; approved the Louisiana Purchase and commissioned the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1803; Vice- President under John Adams, 1797-1801; Rector of the University of Virginia, 1819; Secretary of State under George Washington, 1789-93; U.S. Minister to France, 1785-89; delegate to the Continental Congress, 1783-85; drafted the Virginia Constitution, 1783; Governor of Virginia, 1779-81; drafted the Declaration of Independence, 1776; alternate delegate to the Second Continental Congress, 1775-76; member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1768-79; married Martha Wayles Skelton, 1772; admitted to bar, 1767; graduated...

Johannes Ewald (1743-1781) was a Danish lyric poet. Among his great dramas were Balder's Death and The Fisher, which contains the Danish national song, "King Christian Stood by the Lofty Mast." Johannes Ewald conceded: <In this little book (the New Testament), is contained all the wisdom of the world.> 1743JE001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1743JE001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Johannes Ewald. Tryon Edwards, D.D., The New Dictionary of Thoughts-A Cyclopedia of Quotations (Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1852; revised and enlarged by C.H. Catrevas, Ralph...

James Wilson (September 14, 1742-August 21, 1798) was a Supreme Court Justice appointed by President George Washington, 1789-98. Born and educated in Scotland, he held the distinction of being one of six Founding Fathers to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. James Wilson was very active in the Constitutional Convention, having spoken 168 times. In 1790, James Wilson became the first Law Professor of the University of Pennsylvania. In his Lectures on Law, delivered at the College of Philadelphia, 1789- 91, James Wilson explained that all law comes from God, and can be divided into four categories:...

Nathaniel Greene (August 7, 1742-June 19, 1786) was a major general of the Continental Army. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Greene held the lowest rank of a militia private, but the War's end, he was considered George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer. He served in the Rhode Island Legislature, 1770-72, 1775. On January 4, 1776, while at Camp Prospect Hill, General Nathaniel Greene wrote to Samuel Ward, delegate from Rhode Island to Samuel Ward, Rhode Island's Representative in the Continental Congress: <Permit me, then, to recommend from the sincerity of my heart, ready at all times to...