American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

New Jersey Constitution (1947): <PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit the same unimpaired to succeeding generations, do ordain and establish this Constitution. ARTICLE 1, SECTION 3. No person shall be deprived of the inestimable privilege of worshipping Almighty God in a manner agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; nor under any pretense whatever be compelled to attend any place of worship...

United States Corp of Cadets (1947) contained in their regulations: <Attendance at chapel is part of a cadet's training; no cadet will be exempted. Each cadet will receive religious training in one of the three particular faiths: Protestant, Catholic or Jewish.> 1947US001 The U.S. Naval Academy required: <All Midshipmen, except those on authorized outside church parties, shall attend Sunday services in the chapel.> 1947US002 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1947US001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States Corp of Cadets, July 24, 1949, New York Times. Anson...

Dallas High Schools (September 1946) published a Bible Study Course-New Testament, Bulletin No. 170. It was authorized by the Board of Education, April 23, 1946, and printed in The Dallas Public Schools Printshop, Dallas, Texas: <Foreword....the Dallas public schools allowed one-half credit toward high-school graduation for the successful completion of a general survey course in the Bible, given in the churches and Sunday schools of the city. In 1939, it was decided to provide separate courses in the Old and the New Testaments, each course carrying one-half unit of credit toward high-school graduation. E.B. Comstock, Assistant Superintendent in Charge of High Schools....

Cal Thomas (b.December 2, 1942) is an American syndicated columnist, author and radio commentator. Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the American University for his undergraduate education. During the 1960s and early 1970s he worked as a reporter at NBC News. His columns began in 1984 and appear in over 550 newspapers throughout the United States. He is a panelist on Fox News Watch, a Fox News Channel program critiquing the media, and until September 2005 hosted After Hours with Cal Thomas. He broadcasts a daily radio commentary on more than 300 stations. A seasoned veteran with over 32 years of journalism...

William Philip Gramm (b.July 8, 1942) a U.S. Senator from Texas, elected 1985, was a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination, 1996. He served as a U.S. Representative from Texas, 96th-98th Congresses; and taught economics at Texas A&M University, 1967-78. On October 18, 1994, commenting on America's Founding Fathers in a letter to William J. Federer, Senator Phil Gramm stated: <The problems they faced were overwhelming as compared to ours. But they had two things, it seems to me that we don't have enough of today. They had faith and they had will. They had faith that God did not...