American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884-December 19, 1968) was an author, reformer and U.S. socialist leader. On November 27, 1965, in an anti-war protest in Washington, D.C., he stated in a speech: <I'd rather see America save her soul than her face.> 1884NT001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1884NT001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Norman Mattoon Thomas, November 27, 1965, in a speech before an antiwar protest in Washington, D.C. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 787.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884-November 7, 1962) was the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She appointed by President Harry S. Truman as U.S. Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, 1945-51; and reappointed in 1961-62. In her autobiographical book, This I Remember, Mrs. Roosevelt wrote of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's faith: <I always felt that my husband's religion had something to do with his confidence in himself. As I have said, it was a very simple religion. He believed in God and in His guidance. He felt that human beings were given tasks to perform and with those tasks...

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...