There was rioting, pillaging, and burning of railroad cars, destroying an estimated $80 million worth of property in 27 states. A New York Times editorial, July 9, 1894, called Debs "a

Dershowitz continued: "Darwin's theories were being used ... by racists ... to further some pretty horrible programs ... The eugenics movement, which advocated sterilization of 'unfit' and 'inferior'

On October 18, 1931, President Herbert Hoover: "This civilization ... which we call American life, is builded and can alone survive upon the translation into individual action of that fundamental p

For reasons still debated, Hitler approved an order on May 24 to halt for three days the advance of 800,000 Nazi troop, possibly to consolidate his forces or to let the Nazi Luftwaffe air force com

Courageous Christianity: How a 19th century revival sparked the Muscular Christianity movement, Y.M.C.A. athletics, and a youth-led race to save the world

When the War of 1812 began with Britain, James Madison proclaimed a National Day of Public Humiliation and Prayer, July 9, 1812: "I ... recommend the third Thursday of August ... for ... renderi

On June 21, 1776, John Adams wrote: "Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the principles upon which freedom can secur

In July of 1800, the congregation planned another camp meeting at the Gaspar River. Surpassing their expectations, 8,000 people arrived, some from over 100 miles away: "The power of Go

Describing the Muslim slave trade as "a monster brooding over Africa," Livingstone once walked 120 miles near Lake Nyasa without seeing a single human being, as Arab slave traders had so depopulate

Tisha B'Av in the year 587 B.C. was the day the Babylonians destroyed Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, and carried the Tribe of Judah into captivity.

Immediately after Jefferson became President in 1801, Barbary pirates demanded $225,000, plus an annual tribute of $25,000. When Jefferson refused, the Pasha (Lord) of Tripoli declared

Edwards wrote in Narrative of the Surprising Word of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls, 1737: "The Spirit of God began extraordinarily to ... work amongst us ... Suddenly, one after another

President Wilson, Executive Order, January 20, 1918: "The sacred rights of Christian soldiers and sailors ... the best sentiment of a Christian people ... demand that Sunday labor in the Army and Nav

President Wilson, Executive Order, January 20, 1918: "The sacred rights of Christian soldiers and sailors ... the best sentiment of a Christian people ... demand that Sunday labor in the Army and Nav

The movie depicted his running coach pressing him to compete in the 1924 Olympics, with Eric’s brother, Robert, agreeing:  “What  we  need  now  is  a  muscular Christian to make folks sit up and noti

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut yelled out: "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" Rallying his sailors, he captured Mobile, Alabama, the last Confederate stronghold in the Gulf of Mexico, on August

October 1784, Bernardo de Gálvez was made Governor of Cuba, Louisiana and the Floridas. As a gesture of goodwill he released all American sailors who were imprisoned for smuggling.