President Nixon, in his last official address, August 8, 1974, left a cryptic warning of the Middle East "... so that the cradle of civilization will not...
Frederick the Great of Prussia called these ten days "the most brilliant in the world's history."
After winning the Battle of Trenton, Christmas Day evening, 1776, George Washington's 1,200...
U.S. Supreme Court stated in the 1892 case of Church of the Holy Trinity versus United States, written by Justice David Josiah Brewer (143 U.S. 457-458, 465-471, 36 L...
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"The power to tax involves the power to destroy," wrote Chief Justice John Marshall, McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819.
Perhaps no one had...
The importance of elections was declared by President Calvin Coolidge, April 19, 1926: "The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box.”
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In 1983, Republican President Ronald Reagan signed the bill to make the third Monday in January a holiday in honor of Baptist Pastor, Reverend...
Abortion became legal in all nine months of pregnancy on January 22, 1973, with the Supreme Court decisions Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton.
Norma McCorvey, who...
Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman of New York has put forward a $14 trillion reparations plan, aiming to address the historical impact of slavery on...
