Sparks Commentary

“An act to allow a drawback of the duties of customs on the exportation of tea to any of his Majesty's colonies or plantations in Ameri...

In 1823, President James Monroe gave one of his annual addresses to Congress on December 2nd. In this address, he announced that “ the Amer...

“ We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly ; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God...

“An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America , towards furth...

Warning: For obvious reasons, this post does not censor the offensive language out of the historical sources that it quotes from. To do so w...

“The Stile of this Confederacy shall be ' The United States of America '.” – Article I of the “Articles of Confederation and per...

“We [the German government] intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare . We shall endeavor in spite of this t...

"Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Na...

"No person held to service or labour [a. k. a. "slavery"] in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, sha...

"The Men Who Built America" is something of a rarity in the world of documentaries , because it is one of the few history progra...

"Nevada Territory is fabulously rich in gold, silver, lead, coal, iron, quicksilver... thieves, murderers, desperadoes ... lawyers, ...

"This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that t...

"If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman;...

"[The Congress shall have the power] To establish post-offices and post-roads ..." - The United States Constitution, Article 1, S...

"Andrew Jackson was a patriot, and a traitor. He was the greatest of generals, and wholly ignorant of the art of war. He was the most...

"One of my favorite quotations about age comes from Thomas Jefferson. He said that we should never judge a president by his age, only...

" ' A house divided against itself cannot stand .' I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half ...

" ... that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom ... " - Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1863) ...