American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Wisconsin State Court (1890) in the case of Weiss v. District Board of School District No. 8 of Edgerton, 76 Wis. 177, 44 N.W. 967 (Wis. 1890), stated: <The term "sectarian instruction," in the constitution, manifestly refers exclusively to instruction in religious doctrines, and the prohibition is only aimed at such instruction as is sectarian....Hence, to teach the existence of a Supreme Being, of infinite wisdom, power, and goodness, and that it is the highest duty of all men to adore, obey, and love Him, is not sectarian, because all religious sects so believe and teach. The instruction becomes sectarian when...

United States Supreme Court (1890) in the case of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. United States, 136 U.S. 1 (1890), forbade the practice of polygamy in the United States, stating: <It is contrary to the spirit of Christianity and the civilization which Christianity has produced in the Western world.> 1890US001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1890US001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States Supreme Court, 1890, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. United States, 136 U.S. 1 (1890)....

Washington (November 11, 1889) was the 42nd State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Washington, adopted 1889, stated: <Preamble. We, the people of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution.> 1889WA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1889WA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Washington, 1889, Constitution, Preamble. Charles E. Rice, The Supreme Court and Public Prayer (New York: Fordham University Press, 1964), p. 176; "Hearings, Prayers in Public Schools and Other Matters,"...

Montana (November 8, 1889) was the 41st State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Montana, adopted 1889, stated: <Preamble. We, the people of Montana, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty...establish this Constitution.> 1889MT001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1889MT001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Montana, 1889, Constitution, Preamble. Charles E. Rice, The Supreme Court and Public Prayer (New York: Fordham University Press, 1964), p. 172; "Hearings, Prayers in Public Schools and Other Matters," Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate (87th Cong.,...

South Dakota State Motto (November 2, 1889) stated: <Under God The People Rule.> 1889SD003 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1889SD003. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). South Dakota State Motto, 1889. The World Book Encyclopedia, 18 vols. (Chicago, IL: Field Enterprises, Inc., 1957; W.F. Quarrie and Company, 8 vols., 1917; World Book, Inc., 22 vols., 1989), Vol. 15, p. 7601. John Wilson Taylor, M.A., Ph.D., et al., The Lincoln Library of Essential Information (Buffalo, New York: The Frontier Press Company, 1935), p. 2068. Charles Wallis, ed., Our American...