American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World (July 4, 1884) a symbol of freedom throughout the world, was given by the nation of France to the United States as a symbol of friendship between the two nations. The largest of its kind, the statue weighs 450,000 pounds and stands 305 feet above the base of the pedestal. Sculpted by the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, it was conceived by Edouard de Laboulaye and constructed over a steel structure built by Gustave Eiffel. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi wrote: <The statue was born for this place which inspired its conception. May God be pleased...

Roger Nash Baldwin (January 21, 1884-August 26, 1981) was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a 501(c)3 tax-exempt Foundation. After Russia's Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, Communist agitators spread to other countries, including the United States. Communists began pamphleteering, working as labor and community organizers. Congress attempted to limit Communist influences by passing the Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918. In 1919, the Communist Party USA was founded. The same year, the U.S. Treasury Department argued that foundations "formed to disseminate controversial or partisan propaganda" could not be considered "educational" 501(c)3 foundations. In 1920,...

United States Supreme Court (1884) Butchers' Union, etc., Co. v. Cresent City, etc., Co., 111 U.S. 746, Justice Field referenced the individual's God-given rights: <As in our intercourse with our fellow-men certain principles of morality are assumed to exist, without which society would be impossible, so certain inherent rights lie at the foundation of all governmental action, and upon a recognition of them alone can free institutions be maintained. These inherent rights have never been more happily expressed than in the Declaration of Independence, "we hold these truths to be self-evident"-that is so plain that their truth is recognized upon their...

Illinois Supreme Court (1883) Richmond v. Moore, 107 Ill. 429, 1883 WL 10319 (Ill.), 47 Am. Rep. 445 (Ill. 1883): <Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise. In this sense and to this extent, our civilizations and our institutions are emphatically Christian.> 1883ISC001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1883ISC001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Illinois Supreme Court (1883) Richmond v. Moore, 107 Ill. 429, 1883 WL 10319...

Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883-April 10, 1931) was a Syrian-born American painter and poet, noted for his mystic perspective on life. In his 1923 work, The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran wrote On Prayer: <You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.> 1883KG001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1883KG001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Kahlil Gibran, 1923, in The Prophet; On Prayer. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown...