“Now, therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.” MayStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTakenPeriodsConstitutionAbsolutesCommittedGrantedGrantsArticlesOffenseSectionsPardonAugustJanuary Author:Gerald R. Ford
“Because the bill in reserving a certain parcel of land in the United States for the use of said Baptist Church comprises a principle and a precedent for the appropriation of funds of the United States for the use and support of religious societies, contrary to the article of the Constitution which declares that "Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment."” SaidStatesUseLawCertainChurchReligiousUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesSupportAtheismLandConstitutionBillsCongressPositive AtheismContraryFundArticlesEstablishmentBaptistsPrecedentAppropriationParcel Book:The Writings of James Madison: 1808-1819 Source: The Writings of James Madison: 1808-1819
“A World Parliamentary Assembly functioning outside the United Nations, or a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly set up as a subsidiary body of the General Assembly pursuant to article 22 of the UN Charter, could start initially as a consultative body and gradually develop into a legislative assembly.” WorldBodyNationsUnitedArticlesUnited NationsAssemblyCharterParliamentaryGeneral Assembly Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“It is the foremost responsibility of the United States, having been the predominant nuclear power, to take the lead in scaling this back and making good on its signed and sealed and ratified obligation in Article 6 of the non-proliferation treaty going back to '68 to eliminate this nuclear arsenal. That's a serious international obligation.” StatesUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesSeriousInternationalNuclearObligationArticlesTreatiesArsenalNuclear PowerProliferationLead InProliferation Treaty Author:George Lee Butler
“[T]he bill exceeds the rightful authority to which governments are limited by the essential distinction between civil and religious functions, and violates in particular the article of the Constitution of the United States which declares that Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment.... This particular church, therefore, would so far be a religious establishment by law, a legal force and sanction being given to certain articles in its constitution and administration.” StatesGovernmentLawCertainGivenForceChurchReligiousUnitedUnited StatesAtheismParticularEssentialsAuthorityFunctionConstitutionBillsCongressPositive AtheismAdministrationDistinctionArticlesEstablishmentExceedSanctionsConstitution Of The United States Author:James Madison
“It was not by accident or coincidence that the rights to freedom in speech and press were coupled in a single guaranty with the rights of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition for redress of grievances. All these, though not identical, are inseparable. They are cognate rights, and therefore are united in the First Article's assurance.” PeopleFirstsPeaceUnitedRightsSpeechPressesAccidentsProtestArticlesCoincidenceAssuranceIdenticalInseparableGrievancePetitionsRedress Author:Wiley Blount Rutledge
“I have never united myself to any church because I found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize the articles of belief and the usual confession of faith.” GivingLongChristianFoundBeliefChurchUnitedDifficultyComplicatedStatementsDoctrineArticlesUsualConfessionReservationsChristian Doctrine Author:Abraham Lincoln