American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Ulysses Simpson Grant (April 27, 1822-July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of United States, 1869-77. He was Secretary of War under Andrew Johnson, 1867; Union General-in-Chief during the Civil War, receiving General Robert E. Lee's surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, April 9, 1865; defeated the Confederate forces in the Wilderness Campaign, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and the siege of Petersburg, 1864-65; Major General, winning victories at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga, 1863; Brigadier General, capturing Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, 1862. He had beem a Colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteers, 1861; farmer, real estate dealer, clerk in Missouri and...

Maryland Constitution (1810) Amendment proposed by Act of 1809: <CHAPTER 167. It shall not be lawful for the General Assembly of this State to lay an equal and general Tax, or any other Tax, on the people of this State, for the support of any religion.> 1810MD001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1810MD001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Maryland Constitution, 1810, Amendment proposed by Act of 1809, Chapter 167.

Cassius Marcellus Clay (October 19, 1810-July 22, 1903) was an American abolitionist, statesman and politician. He served as a diplomat to Russia under both President Lincoln and President Grant, 1861-62, 1863-69. A strong opponent of slavery, he founded the anti-slavery journal True American, in Lexington, Kentucky, 1845. In 1854, he help found the Republican party. Cassius Marcellus Clay stated: <The Bible, the record of Divine Revelation, is the one Book of religion and morals. Of all religious systems the Christian is most in unison with the law of God and the needs of man. The spirit of God inspires all...

Theodore Parker (August 24, 1810-May 10, 1860) was an American abolitionist, clergyman, and graduate of Harvard. Strongly opposing slavery, he declared: <The Bible goes equally to the cottage of the peasant, and the palace of the king. It is woven into literature, and colors the talk of the street. The bark of the merchant cannot sail without it; and no ship of war goes to the conflict but it is there. It enters men's closets; directs their conduct, and mingles in all the grief and cheerfulness of life.> 1810TP001 On May 29, 1850, Theodore Parker wrote The American Idea, in which...

Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810-April 7, 1891) was an American exhibitor and philanthropist. He originated 'The Greatest Show of Earth.' Selling millions of tickets, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus' big draws included General Tom Thumb, a man only 25 inches tall, and elephant "Jumbo," whose name entered the dictionary. Barnum, who was received by President Lincoln and gave a command performance for Queen Victoria, stated: <Most persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing too little, than by believing too much.> 1810PB003 <Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.>1810PB004 <The best kind...