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“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing” – Edmund Burke
American Minute with Bill Federer
Edmund Burke is considered the most influential orator in the British House of Commons in the 18th century.
Born January 12,...
Sir Frances Bacon, Johannes Kepler, Galileo, Astronomy, & the Scientific Revolution
American Minute with Bill Federer
The Renaissance of the 15th century led the Reformation of the 16th century, followed by the Scientific Revolution -- a period of increased understanding in...
Bill of Rights “restrictive clauses” to stop Federal Government’s “abuse of its powers” – American Minute
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Though George Washington presided at the Constitutional Convention, George Mason refused to sign the U.S. Constitution.
Why?
Because it did not put enough limits on the Federal...
Deconstructing California: From Christian Founding to Shutting Down Churches
American Minute with Bill Federer
George Orwell wrote in his dystopian novel 1984:
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has...
“America, America, God Shed His Grace on Thee”
50 States acknowledge God "from sea to shining sea"
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"O Beautiful, For Spacious Skies, For Amber Waves of Grain ..."
Almost chosen...
The Great Society Has Failed
BY ALLEN WEST
The old folks down south had a saying when I was growing up that went something like this: “That fella is just...
Alexander Hamilton’s Faith in Christ & the Constitution, Views on French Revolution, Duel & Death
American Minute with Bill Federer
He intentionally fired into the air, but his political rival, the sitting Vice-President Aaron Burr, took deadly aim and fatally...
This virus is messing with business!
THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP
In consequence of your friendly letter of May 23. I wrote you on the 8th. of June that I should immediately order...
Robert E. Lee: Post-Civil War Symbol of National Reconciliation
Why his memory has been held in honor, not just as a Confederate General, but as an American
AMERICAN MINUTE WITH BILL FEDERER
Wilmer McLean's farm...
How does the epidemic effect a dirt plow?
THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP
… you take a great interest in whatever relates to this first & most precious of all the arts , I have...
Independence launched for slaves, too, on July 4, 1776?
THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP
he has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it’s most sacred rights of life & liberty in the persons...
Independence Day – “GREATEST REVOLUTION that has ever taken place IN THE WORLD’S HISTORY”
American Minute with Bill Federer
38-year-old King George III ruled the largest empire that planet earth had ever seen.
The Declaration of Independence, signed JULY 4,...
Everyone Who Can Flee the Disease is Doing So – Thomas Jefferson Leadership
THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP
A malignant fever … in the filth of Water street which gives great alarm. About 70. people had died of it two...
Early Inaugural Addresses Stand By God & Christianity, Warn Against Socialism
American Minute with Bill Federer
Presidential Elections were held in November, as that was AFTER harvests were taken in and BEFORE winter storms.
Beginning with Washington's...
The Providence Plantations
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES BY GEORGE BANCROFT
Volume 1, Part 1
Chapter 13 — The Providence Plantations
WHILE the state was thus connecting by the closest...
Roger Williams: Freedom of Conscience and the ‘Wall of Separation’ Properly Defined – American Minute
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"5,000 years of recorded history have proven that mankind has always believed in God in spite of many abortive attempts...
The Ten Commandments and the importance of a moral, educated population
AMERICAN MINUTE WITH BILL FEDERER
"THE TEN COMMANDMENTS are not the laws. They are THE Law" -stated Cecil B. DeMille , November 8, 1956, at...
Daniel Webster: The Constitution has enemies, secret and professed
And American support for the Greek War for Independence from Ottoman Empire.
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Considered one of the five greatest Senators in U.S....
New England’s Plantation – Bancroft
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES BY GEORGE BANCROFT
Volume 1, Part 1
Chapter 13 — New England's Plantation
WHILE the king was engaged in the overthrow of...
Our Pilgrim Legacy—By André French
BY ANDRÉ FRENCH
When most Americans entertain the relevance of the Plymouth Pilgrims, images of turkeys and Indians are conjured up. There they are, sitting...