Today's American Minute

Politics: Create Problems to Seize Power; Scandals Ancient and Modern; Do Ends Justify Means? - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 26, 2024 • Scandals Ancient & Modern: "Ends" do not justify "Means"! - American Minute with Bill Federer

The conviction that one's political agenda is so good that it justifies bending the laws to implement it has produced innumerable scandals throughout history.

Justice James Wilson: America has "the BEST form of government which has EVER been offered to the WORLD"- American Minute with Bill Federer

January 24, 2024 • Justice James Wilson: America "the BEST form of government which has EVER been offered to the WORLD"

He added: "Under that Constitution there are 'citizens,' but no 'subjects.'" What Wilson was underscoring was that Kings have "subjects" who are subjected to the King's will. Republics have "citizens," who are effectively co-rulers, co-sovereigns, co-kings.

Sanctity of Life "The greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion"-Mother Teresa - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 21, 2024

President Reagan addressed the March for Life, January 22, 1985: “I’m convinced, as I know you are, that our response to the 12th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton must be to rededicate ourselves to ending the terrible national tragedy of abortion.”

Plato on How Democracies Collapse: "The manner of life is that of democrats ... Every man does what is right in his own eyes" - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 16, 2024

Ben Franklin "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom"

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and those who inspired non-violent resistance - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 14, 2024 • Jr. • Pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church & Ebenezer Baptist Church; and the Civil Rights Movement • Rev. Martin Luther King

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., reflected on concept in Romans 13 in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 1963: "One may well ask: 'How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?' The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust ... How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God."