American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Pennsylvania Constitution (1968): <We, the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance, do ordain and establish this Constitution... ARTICLE 1, SECTION 3. All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship or to maintain any Ministry against his consent; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience, and no...

DeKalb County, Illinois, Community School District (prior to 1967) endorsed this poem to be recited in its kindergarten classes: <We thank you for the flowers so sweet; We thank you for the food we eat; We thank you for the birds that sing; We thank you for everything.> 1967IL001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1967IL001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). DeKalb County, Illinois, Community School District prior to 1967, kindergarten poem. DeSpain v. DeKalb County Comm. School Dist., 384 F. 2d 655, 835 (N.D. Ill. 1966), cert. denied, 390...

Connecticut Constitution (1965): <PREAMBLE. The People of Connecticut acknowledging with gratitude, the good Providence of God, in having permitted them to enjoy a free government; do, in order more effectually to define, secure, and perpetuate the liberties, rights and privileges which they have derived from their ancestors; hereby, after a careful consideration and revision, ordain and establish the following constitution and form of civil government... ARTICLE 1, SECTION 3. The exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination, shall forever be free to all persons in the state; provided, that the right hereby declared and established, shall not...

United States District Court (1965) Western District of Michigan, in the case of Reed v. van Hoven, 237 F. Supp. 48, 51 (W.D. Mich. 1965), rendered the opinion: <The child is not the mere creature of the state.> 1965US001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1965US001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States District Court, 1965, Western District of Michigan, in the case of Reed v. Van Hoven, 237 F. Supp. 48, 51 (W. D. Mich. 1965).

Geert Wilders (b.September 6, 1963) is a Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom, a political party in The Netherlands. On September 25, 2008, Geert Wilder gave a warning to the United States, "America the Last Man Standing," at the Four Seasons Hotel, New York: <Dear friends, Thank you very much for inviting me. I come to America with a mission. All is not well in the old world. There is a tremendous danger looming, and it is very difficult to be optimistic. We might be in the final stages of the Islamization of Europe. This not only is...