American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Florida (1821) in the treaty whereby Spain relinquished the territory of Florida to the United States, it was stated: <Article V. The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be secured in the free exercise of their religion, without any restrictions.> 1821FL001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1821FL001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Florida, 1821, Article V of the Treaty with Spain. Frances Newton Thorpe, ed., Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies now or heretofore forming the United States,...

John Tyndall (August 2, 1820-December 4, 1893) was a British physicist and philosopher. He was the director of the Royal Institute. His scientific studies included: the flow of glaciers; transmission and radiation of heat; and "the Tyndall effect," which demonstrates how light is scattered by microscopic particles such as dust and colloids in suspension. In Fragments of Science, Vol. II, "Professor Virchow and Evolution," John Tyndall stated: <Religious feeling is as much a verity as any other part of human consciousness; and against it, on the subjective side, the waves of science beat in vain.> 1820JT001 -- American Quotations by William...

Maine (March 15, 1820) was the 23rd State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Maine, adopted 1820, stated: <Preamble. We the people of Maine...acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity, so favorable to the design; and, imploring His aid and direction...establish this Constitution.> 1820ME001 <Article I, Section 3. All men have a natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences.> 1820ME002 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement....

Harriet Tubman (c.1820-March 10, 1913) was a former slave. She repeatedly risked her life to free over 300 slaves through what has become known as the Underground Railroad. After the Civil War, she helped set up schools for freed slaves. Harriet Tubman stated: <I always told God: I'm gwine to hole stiddy on to you, and you got to see me trou...Jes so long as He wants to use me, He'll tak ker of me, and when He don't want me any longer, I'm ready to go.> 1820HT001 To her biographer, Sarah H. Bradford, Harriet Tubman related in 1868: <'Twant me, 'twas...

Alabama (December 14, 1819) was the 22nd State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Alabama, adopted 1901, stated: <Preamble. We, the people of the State of Alabama, in order to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution and form of government for the State of Alabama.> 1819AL001 <Article I, Section 1. Inalienable Rights. That all men are equally free and independent; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights;...