American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Colorado (August 1, 1876) was the 38th State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Colorado, adopted March 14, 1876, stated: <Preamble. We, the people of Colorado, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, in order to form a more independent and perfect government; establish justice; insure tranquility; provide for the common defense; promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the "State of Colorado."> 1876CS001 <Article II, Section 4. Religious Freedom. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and...

Pope Pius XII (March 2, 1876-October 9, 1958) whose given name was Eugenio Pacelli, in a radio broadcast on September 1, 1944, stated: <Private property is a natural fruit of labor, a product of intense activity of man, acquired through his energetic determination to ensure and develop with his own strength his own existence and that of his family, and to create for himself and his own an existence of just freedom, not only economic, but also political, cultural and religious.> 1876PP001 On August 28, 1947, in an exchange of messages with Pope Pius XII, President Harry S. Truman stated: <Our...

J.C. (James Cash) Penney (September 16, 1875-February 12, 1971) was an American businessman, entrepreneur, and founder of the J.C. Penney chain of stores. In his autobiography, titled Fifty Years With the Golden Rule, J.C. Penney stated: <As to our country, my faith in our America, in its people and in the "American way of life" is unwavering. Its founding I believe to have been divinely ordained, and God has a mighty mission for it among the nations of the world. It was founded in prayer, in faith, and in the heroic spirit of sacrifice. Lives of comparative ease might have been...

Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965) was a physician, philosopher, musician and a medical missionary who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. He practiced as a doctor in the hospital he founded in the jungle village of Lambarene, Gabon, west central Africa, and even used the $33,000 Nobel prize money to build a leper colony. He had won international acclaim for his writings and recitals of Johann Sebastian Bach's organ music. Albert Schweitzer's writings include: The Philosophy of Civilization; The Decay and Restoration of Civilization; Civilization and Ethics; Out of My Life and Thought; From My African Notebook; and...

Pennsylvania Constitution (1874): <We, the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance, do ordain and establish this Constitution. Natural right of conscience and freedom of worship... SECTION 3. All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any Ministry against his consent; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with...