ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country
Inauguration speech
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few
Speech about the Battle of Britain
Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.
Speech in the Polish embassy in Moscow
Equal rights for all, special privileges for none
President of the US
When history looks back I want people to know the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it
Probably the most famous Nazi hunter after the war
History is a set of lies agreed upon
French emperor
judgment is made by other people … If you believe in God, it's made by God as well.
March, 2006 on being judged about the Iraq war
Who says I am not under the special protection of God
After winning the 1933 election in Germany
Hatred can be overcome only by love
Major leader of Indian freedom movement
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God will find another person, more humble, more devoted, more obedient to him, and the society will go on
From 1989 when announcing her intention to retire
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt
American author
Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much
Irish writer & poet
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
Professional boxer
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score
US football coach
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America
President of the US
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools
Prominent leader of civil rights in US
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke
US comedian
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first
President of the US
The lady doth protest too much, me thinks
From Hamlet
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