American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

New York Supreme Court (cited in 1905) by Supreme Court Justice David Josiah Brewer in his lecture, titled "The United States a Christian Nation," rendered its opinion in the case of Lindenmuller v. The People, 33 Barbour, 561, stating: <Christianity...is in fact, and ever has been, the religion of the people. This fact is everywhere prominent in all our civil and political history, and has been, from the first, recognized and acted upon by the people, as well as by constitutional conventions, by legislatures and by courts of justice.> 1905NY001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights...

Arkansas Supreme Court (cited in 1905) by Supreme Court Justice David Josiah Brewer in his lecture, titled "The United States a Christian Nation," rendered its opinion in the case of Shover v. The State, 10 English, 263, stating: <This system of religion (Christianity) is recognized as constituting a part and parcel of the common law.> 1905AR001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1905AR001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Arkansas Supreme Court, Cited in 1905, Shover v. The State, 10 English, 263. David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice,...

Robert Morris Page (June 2, 1903-May 15, 1992) was known as the "father of U.S. Radar." A physicist who invented pulsation radar used for the detection of aircraft, Robert Morris Page was the son of a Methodist minister, served with the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.; received the U.S. Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award; the Presidential Certificate of Merit; the IRE Fellowship Harry Diamond Memorial Award; as well as the Stuart Ballantyne Medal of the Franklin Institute. Robert Morris Page held thirty-seven patents, mostly in radar. He wrote: <The authenticity of the writings of the prophets, though the men...

Malcolm Thomas Muggeridge (March 24, 1903-November 14, 1990) was a well-known British author, columnist, philosopher and lecturer, known for his piercing wit. Educated at Selwyn College and at Cambridge, he worked as a journalist in Manchester, Moscow, Calcutta, London and Washington, and later became the editor of Punch, England's best-known humor magazine. In his 1975 work, titled Jesus, Malcolm Muggeridge wrote: <As Man alone, Jesus could not have saved us; as God alone, he would not; Incarnate, he could and did.> 1903MM001 In 1980, in The Human Life Review, Malcolm Muggeridge first published his article, "The Human Holocaust," stating: <The Barnard...

William Thomas Cummings (1903-1944) was a chaplain in the U.S. Army at the beginning of World War II. He was eventually captured by the Japanese and died when his unmarked ship was sunk en route from the Philippines to Japan. In 1942, at Bataan, while serving with the American troops who were defending the Philippines, Father Cummings gave a stirring field sermon declaring: <There are no atheists in the foxholes.> 1903WC001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1903WC001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). William Thomas Cummings, 1942, in...