(b.October 1, 1957), is a nationally known speaker and best-selling author. He is the president of Amerisearch, Inc., a publishing company dedicated to research America\u2019s noble heritage. His book America\u2019s God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations<\/i> has sold nearly a quarter of a million copies. His popular CD-ROM reference American Quotations<\/i> is an exhaustive resource of American documents, speeches, memoirs and court decisions. His works also include: A 4, video documentaries, tapes series, and newsletters. His AMERICAN MINUTE radio feature is aired across the country recalling events of American significance on the date they occurred.<\/p>\n
Bill has addressed audiences with Congressmen, Senators, Presidential Candidates, Sports Stars, Military Commanders, Astronaut Charles Duke, etc. Featured on hundreds of radio\/television programs, Bill has spoken at political conventions, U.S. Military bases, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Assoc. of Retired Persons, U.S. Military Chaplains\u2019 conventions, National Day of Prayer events, National Lawyers Assoc., Federalist Society, American Family Assoc., Daughters of the American Revolution, Rotary Clubs, Officer Candidate School graduation, Jaycee Chapters, Kiwanis Clubs, AT&T\/Southwestern Bell office fellowships, Zig Ziglar Corporation, The 700 Club, Mayor\u2019s Breakfasts, Student Leadership Conferences, Businessmen\u2019s Luncheons, Colleges, Universities, Institutes, Home-schooling groups & Churches.<\/p>\n
Dedicated to continuing Reagan\u2019s legacy against an ever-expanding federal government, Bill campaigned for the U.S. Congress in 1998 and 2000 and almost single-handedly kept the U.S. House in the hands of Republicans, as his opponent, Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, was forced to give up plans of raising money and campaigning for liberals around the country. Gephardt had boasted of being the next \u201cSpeaker\u201d but instead had his toughest re-election battle ever, spending a record $6 million dollars against Federer\u2019s formidable $2.7 million from 35,000 contributors across the nation in what was the 3rd most expensive Congressional race in America. In spite of Gephardt\u2019s desperate use of \u2018the politics of personal destruction\u2019 and media manipulation, Federer received the most votes ever against him, over 100,000. This was following the 1998 election, when Bill forced Gephardt to spend $3.3 million, handing him the lowest re-election margin of his career and eighth lowest of any Democrat in Congress. Voter fraud within Gephardt\u2019s district resulted in a FBI investigation into the St. Louis City political machine.<\/p>\n
With deep roots in St. Louis, Bill works with the Federer Realty Company, founded by his grandfather, William A. Federer, in 1913, and his father Richard L. Federer, both of which served as president of the St. Louis Board of Realtors, building large portions of the city and county. His uncle and namesake taught at St. Louis University, led retreats at the White House Retreat Center and worked with native Americans, seniors and inner-city poor.<\/p>\n
Raised in south St. Louis, fifth in a family of eleven children, Bill lettered in wrestling, football and was a state finalist in track, running the high hurdles. He graduated from St. Louis University High School, 1976, studied at University of Dallas, Texas, 1976\u20131978; in Rome, Italy, 1978, and graduated from Saint Louis University, 1980, with a degree in Accounting\/ Business Administration. He has worked in real estate, the oil & gas industry (Sante Fe Industries, 1981\u20131984), and has held positions with community organizations, charity groups and churches\u2014working with youth, elderly, families and disadvantaged minorities. Himself an Eagle Scout, he served as a Scoutmaster, 1978\u20131981. Bill has gained a nationwide reputation for lecturing and writing, with his articles featured in national publications.<\/p>\n
On May 2, 1981, Bill wed his highschool sweetheart, Susan Maria Misko. Sue graduated from Cor Jesu High School, 1976, Fontbonne College, 1980, worked for St. Louis Union Trust Company and is a licensed mortgage & securities specialist. She was presented with the Jefferson Award for outstanding community service by Senator John Danforth in 1980 for her work as spokesperson for the Missouri\/Illinois Red Cross Blood Services and her work with the elderly and handicapped. Bill and Sue have four children: Jessica Joy, who produces a radio feature entitled \u201cOur Forgotten Heritage\u201d; William Gabriel; Katharine Melody, who sings in patriotic performances; and Richard Michael.<\/p>\n
William J. Federer stated:<\/p>\n
A true<\/i> leader<\/i> is someone who is willing to sacrifice his career for the his country; whereas an ambitious<\/i> politician<\/i> will sacrifice his country for his career.<\/p>\n
A true leader<\/i> states what he believes, regardless of opinion polls; whereas an ambitious politician<\/i> reads the opinion polls to find out what he believes!3939<\/p>\n
A person will be controlled, either voluntarily from the inside, or forcefully from the outside. Our government was designed to govern people who could govern themselves. The less internal restraints a populous has, the more external restraints it will demand! The displacing of traditional morality with the encouragement to experiment and follow one\u2019s passions is a precursor to anarchy, then despotic tyranny!3940<\/p>\n
Public opinion polls are an adult version of peer pressure.3941<\/p>\n
Our country is controlled by laws; laws are controlled by politicians; politicians are controlled by voters; voters are controlled by public opinion; and public opinion is controlled by the media & education;\u2014so whoever controls the media & education, controls the country!<\/p>\n
This identification and influencing of power is basic to human nature, as in a home a child knows that his father has the power, but he complains to mother to persuade father; or he bothers his elder sister to complain to mother to persuade father; or he bribes younger brother to bother elder sister to complain to mother to persuade father!<\/p>\n
If a child can figure out where the power sits and how to get his way, is it that difficult to figure out that in America the power sits with the laws, but to change them one must influence politicians by influencing voters by influencing public opinion by controling the media & education!3942<\/p>\n
The cyclical nature of history can be observed in the early history of the nation of Israel, as chronicled in the Book of Judges. First, they made a covenant with God and were blessed; then they backslid by worshipping the gods of other nations; then prophets called them to repentance; when they didn\u2019t repent, judgement came; then they repented and a deliverer came, ie. Joshua, Gideon, Samson, \u2026 ; then they renewed their covenant with God and were blessed, beginning the cycle all over again.<\/p>\n
America has had its own cycle, to major and minor degrees. For example, after the social covenant of the Declaration of Independence, which references God four times, our nation was blessed; then \u201cprophets\u201d arose calling us to repent of slavery, such as Benjamin Franklin, who, after signing the Constitution, became the first president of the first anti-slavery society in America. When our nation didn\u2019t repent, the judgement of the Civil War came and over a half-million people died; then our nation repented and \u201cdeliverers\u201d such as Lincoln and others preserved the Union; then we renewed our covenant with God, establishing an annual National Day of Thanksgiving to God, 1863, and placing \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d on our national coinage, 1865; then our country was blessed, and the cycle began all over again. The question is where are we in that cycle today?3943<\/p>\n
One of the definitions of \u201creligion\u201d is \u201ca system of belief.\u201d One of the definitions of \u201cbelief\u201d is \u201cthoughts upon which one bases their actions.\u201d Therefore, anyone who does \u201cactions\u201d has thoughts that precede those actions, which is their \u201csystem of belief\u201d or \u201creligion.\u201d<\/p>\n
As long as the government does \u201cactions\u201d the government has thoughts which precede those actions, which is the government\u2019s belief-system or religion. You cannot have a separation of \u201cbelief\u201d and State, unless the government ceases to do actions.3944<\/p>\n
There is a \u201csystem of belief\u201d taught in public schools called \u201csituation ethics,\u201d where children learn that if there are too many people in a life-raft, they need to decide which one to throw overboard. Those same youth leave the classroom, decide there are too many people in their neighborhood and blow one away! How can we get upset at these youth for simply acting out the \u201csystem of belief\u201d they learned in school?3945<\/p>\n
If we do not like students actions, maybe we need to change the thoughts that preceed their actions, and possibly reconsider the time-tested, old-fashioned Hebrew code: Do not participate in drive-by shootings (thou shalt not murder); Do not take anything that is not yours (thou shalt not steal); Do not shoot a classmate for his tennis shoes (thou shalt not covet thy neighbor\u2019s goods); Do not beat-up your parents (honor your father and mother); Keep your mouth out of the gutter and stop cursing (thou shalt not take God\u2019s name in vain); Do not be greedy for things (thou shalt not worship idols); Take one day off a week (keep holy the sabbath); and a revolutionary approach to avoid contracting AIDS while solving the teen-pregnancy problem, wait till marriage (thou shalt not commit adultery)!3946<\/p>\n
Once the Ten Commandments were removed from the school walls, metal-detectors had to be installed at the school doors!3947<\/p>\n
George Wilhelm Fredrich Hegel, called the philosophical dictator of Germany in the early 1800\u2019s, made an observation in human behavoir that \u201ccrises brings change\u201d and that individuals were willings to relinguish their freedoms in order to avert crises. This concept was used by both Marx and Hitler, whose fomenting of unrest and anarchy resulted in power being consolidated into their hands.<\/p>\n
I have observed a simultaneous phenomenon, that in the midst of these sinister Machiavellian manuevers, a by-product occurs, namely, that it is often a crisis that brings men to Christ!3948<\/p>\n
If there were more \u201cfamily altars,\u201d there would be fewer families altered.<\/i>3949<\/p>\n
God does not need your ability, just your availability!3950<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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