American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Emmerich de Vattel (1714-1767) was a German diplomat on assignment to Bern, Switzerland. He was acclaimed for having written The Law of Nations, 1758. This work, especially with its emphasis on liberty, equality of individuals, and the right of nations to defend themselves, significantly impacted the Founding Fathers. The son of a Protestant minister, Vattel's work drew heavily upon the German philosopher Christian Wolff's 1749 work by the same title. Vattel implicated that men need to live: <Agreeably to their nature, and in conformity to the views of their common Creator; a law that our own safety, our happiness, our most...

Jean Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712-July 2, 1778) was a Swiss-born French philosopher, writer and political theorist. He was made famous by his essay on how arts and sciences corrupt human behavior, 1749. His works include: writing for Diderot's Encyclopedie, 1745; Origin of the Inequality of Man, 1755; Confessions, 1782; and The Social Contract, 1762, which influenced the French Revolution. In the didactic novel Emilius and Sophia, 1762, vol. III, Book IV, he wrote: <I will confess to you, that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the Gospel has its influence upon my heart. Peruse...

South Carolina History (1711) from The Original 13-A Documentary History of Religion in America's First Thirteen States (Amerisearch, Inc., 2009): <South Carolina was made a separate Colony from North Carolina. In 1629, England's Charles I granted a patent for the area of the Carolinas, but because it was never acted upon, it wasforfeited. In 1653, a small company of dissenting Quakers arrived from Virginia and began the Albemarle settlement. A few years later, New Englanders purchased land from the Indians on Cape Fear River, but later abandoned it. In 1663, Charles II granted Sir George Carteret and seven others all of...

Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (September 6, 1711-October 7, 1787) was one of the founders of the Lutheran Church in America. He was the father of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, the Lutheran clergyman who became a major general in the Continental Army and U.S. Senator. He was also father of Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, a clergyman who was a member of the Continental Congress and eventually the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg pastored the Lutheran Church near Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. He commented regarding George Washington: <I heard a fine example today, namely that His...

Virginia Governor Spotwood (1710) reported: <This government is in perfect peace and tranquillity, under due obedience to royal authority and a gentlemanly conformity to the Church of England.> 1710VA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1710VA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Virginia, 1710, Governor Spotwood.