In 1851, Maryland's Constitution was amended to allow Jews to hold public office: "ARTICLE 34. That no other test or qualification ought to be required ... than such oath of office as may be prescribed by this Constitution ... and a declaration of belief in the CHRISTIAN RELIGION; and if the party shall profess to be a JEW, the declaration shall be of his belief in A FUTURE STATE OF REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS."
Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations, 1776: "The Spaniards, by virtue of the first discovery, claimed all America as their own, and ... such was ... the terror of their name, that the greater part of the other nations of Europe were afraid to establish themselves in any other part of that great continent ... But ... the defeat ... of their Invincible Armada ... put it out of their power to obstruct any longer the settlements of the other European nations."
Kennedy was on his way to the Dallas Trade Mart to deliver a speech, in which he had prepared to say: "We in this country, in this generation, are - by destiny rather than choice - the watchmen on the walls of world freedom."
Sepúlveda argued that Indians were less than human and therefore it was justified to enslave them. Las Casas, on the other hand,defended the Indians, explaining that all lives matter, irregardless of race. That Indians were fully human, created in the image of God, and therefore should never be enslaved.
"... He said Mr. Parr ordered that 200-odd votes be added to Mr. Johnson's total from Box 13. Mr. Salas said he had seen the fraudulent votes added in alphabetical order and had them certified then as authentic on order from Mr. Parr ... Parr was the Godfather ... He ... could tell any election judge: 'give us 80 percent of the vote, and the other guy 20 percent.' We had it made in every election ..."
