American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Charles "Chuck" Wendell Colson (October 16, 1931-April 21, 2012) was special counsel to the President of the United States, 1969-72; administrative assistant to U.S. Senator Saltonstall, 1956-61; assistant to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1955-56; and served as a captain, USMCR, Korea. The founder of Prison Fellowship, 1976, Chuck Colson is a nationally known speaker and author, whose works include: Born Again, 1975; Life Sentence, 1979; Crime and the Responsible Community, 1980; Loving God, 1983; Who Speaks for God?, 1985; Kingdoms in Conflict, 1987; Against the Night, 1989; The God of Stones and Spiders, 1990; Why America Doesn't Work, 1991; The...

United States Congress (March 3, 1931) the 71st Congress adopted The Star Spangled Banner as our National Anthem, 36 U.S.C. Sec.170, (H.R. 14; Public, No. 823; Session III, Chap. 436.): <1508 Seventy-First Congress. Sess. III. Chs. 436, 437. 1931. Chap. 436.-An Act To make The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United States of America. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the composition consisting of the words and music known as The Star-Spangled Banner is designated the national anthem of the United States of America. Approved March...

United States Supreme Court (1931) in the case of United States v. Macintosh, 283 U.S. 605, 625 (1931), Justice George Sutherland delivered the Court's decision regarding a Canadian seeking naturalization by reiterating the Court's decision of 1892: <We are a Christian people...according to one another the equal right of religious freedom, and acknowledge with reverence the duty of obedience to the will of God.> 1931US001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1931US001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States Supreme Court, 1931, Justice George Sutherland, (reviewing the 1892 decision), United...

James Addison Baker, III (b.April 28, 1930) was Secretary of State under President George Bush, 1989-92. He stated in a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, in Washington, D.C., February 1, 1990: <Power does not bring inner security and fulfillment. That comes only by developing a personal relationship with God, which for me is personified by Jesus Christ. Inner security and real fulfillment comes by faith-not by wielding power in the town where power is king.... When I think back over the hills and valleys of my life, the consistent theme is the one in that 91st Psalm-"I will say unto...

Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930-August 25, 2012) a U.S. astronaut, was the first man to walk on the moon. He worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1955-71; Commander of the Apollo 11 Spacecraft, 1969; flew the Gemini 7 Spacecraft, 1966; became an astronaut in 1962; and was a U.S. Navy pilot during the Korean War. On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 launched for the moon. President Richard Nixon stated in Proclamation 3919: <Apollo 11 is on its way to the moon. It carries three brave astronauts; it also carries the hopes and prayers of hundreds of millions...