American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

John Ruskin (February 8, 1819-January 20, 1900) was an English critic, author and philanthropist. He stated: <Whatever merit there is in anything that I have written is simply due to the fact that when I was a child my mother daily read me a part of the Bible and daily made me learn a part of it by heart.> 1819JR001 To my early knowledge of the Bible I owe the best part of my taste in literature, and the most precious, and on the whole, the one essential part of my education.> 1819JR002 In Volume II of Ruskin's Praeterita, he wrote:...

William Ross Wallace (1819-May 5, 1881) was an American poet. In The Hand That Rules the World, st. I, he stated: <The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.> 1819WW001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1819WW001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). William Ross Wallace, in The Hand That Rules the World, st. I. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 573.

Maryland Constitution (1818) Amendment proposed by Act of 1817: <CHAPTER 61. SECTION 1. All persons professing the Christian Religion, who hold it unlawful to take an oath on any occasion shall be allowed to make their solemn affirmation, in the same manner that Quakers have heretofore been allowed to affirm, which affirmation shall be of same avail as an oath to all intents and purposes whatever. SECTION 2. Before any such person shall be admitted as a witness or Juror in any Court of Justice in this State, the Court shall be satisfied by competent testimony that such person is...

Connecticut Constitution (1818): <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, DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, SECTION 3. The exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination, shall forever be free to all persons in this state; provided, that the right hereby declared and established...

Illinois (December 3, 1818) was the 21st State admitted to the Union. On August 7, 1789, President George Washington signed into law an Act of Congress which prohibited slavery from entering the territory, titled: <An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio, Article VI.> 1818IL001 On December 3, 1818, President James Monroe, signed the Act of Congress enabling the establishment of the government of Illinois, provided it followed the general tenets of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The Northwest Ordinance stated: <SECTION 13. And, for extending the fundamental principles of civil and...