American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Virginia (1912) the Catholic population of the State was 41,000 members, an increase from the State's 1836 population of Catholics, which was 3,000 members. The nationalities of Catholics included: <Irish, Germans, Italians, Bohemians, Poles, Slavs, and Syrians, with a few French, Belgians, Native Americans and other nationalities.> 1912VA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1912VA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Virginia, 1912, census. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15451a.htm.

Pope John Paul I (October 17, 1912-September 30, 1978) whose given name was Albino Luciani, was pope of the Roman Catholic church for 34 days before his sudden death. Known for his humble and friendly manner, he stated in the homily of the mass celebrating his installation, September 3, 1978: <If all the sons and daughters of the Church would know how to be tireless missionaries of the Gospel, a new and flowering of holiness and renewal would spring up, in this world that thirsts for love and for truth.> 1912JP001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights...

John Cheever (May 27, 1912-June 18, 1982) was an American author. In 1958 he won the National Book award for writing The Wapshot Chronicle. His other works include: The Wapshot Scandel; Bullet Park; The Way Some People Live; The Brigadier and the Golf Widow. In The Wapshot Chronicle, 1957, John Cheever wrote: <Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. Courage tastes of blood. Stand up straight. Admire the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the Lord.> 1912JC001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to...

Wernher von Braun (March 23, 1912-June 16, 1977) was the director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center; worked on the U.S. guided missile program; founded the National Space Institute, 1975, and was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1975. The chief architect of the Saturn V booster rocket, he has been considered "without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history," and known as the "Father of the American Space Program." He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Berlin, and went on to develop the famed V-2 rocket during World War II. In 1945, he emigrated from Germany to the...

Arizona State Motto (February 14, 1912) originally adopted by the territory in 1863, stated: <Ditat Deus (God Enriches).> 1912AZ008 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1912AZ008. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Arizona State Motto, February 14, 1912, originally adopted by the territory in 1863. John Wilson Taylor, M.A., Ph.D., et al., The Lincoln Library of Essential Information (Buffalo, New York: The Frontier Press Company, 1935), p. 2067. The World Book Encyclopedia, 18 vols. (Chicago, IL: Field Enterprises, Inc., 1957; W.F. Quarrie and Company, 8 vols., 1917; World Book, Inc.,...