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| Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. Our government does not copy our neighbors', but is an example to them. | |
| I will endeavor in the short time which is allowed to do away with this evil opinion of me which you have held for such a long time. | |
| I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. | |
| O people, your lives and your property ... are as inviolable to each other as the inviolability of this day you are now in, and the month you are now in. | |
| Your brethren who live in the east are in urgent need of your help, and you must hasten to give them the aid which has often been promised them. | |
| I am come amongst you ... not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all. | |
| For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us ... we shall be made a story and a by-word throughout the world. | |
| The observation ... that I would now insist upon is this. There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God. | |
| Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! ... Give me liberty or give me death! | |
| The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connexion as possible. | |
| The American continents ... are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers. | |
| And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? | |
| A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. | |
| Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided ... but by iron and blood. | |
| You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. | |
| I should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws. I should like to see that whiplash, the ballot, in the hands of women. | |
| 14. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees ... to great and small states alike. | |
| The only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. | |
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| Every child is born with a $2,000 debt tied around his neck to hold him down ... now you have our program, none too big, none too little, but every man a king. | |
| Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. | |
| A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victory ... an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. | |
| I do not fear the fury of the miserable tyrant who took the lives of 70 of my comrades. Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me. | |
| Comrades, we must abolish the cult of the individual ... we must draw the proper conclusions concerning both ideological-theoretical and practical work. | |
| And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. | |
| Duty, Honor, Country—those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. | |
| I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. | |
| It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. | |
| I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. | |
| I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. | |
| General Secretary Gorbachev ... come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! | |
| By taking together these key elements ... we gain a view of the universe, a proper attitude to work, and principles to shape economic and social life. | |
| Most of all, Reagan made us proud to be Americans again. We never felt better about our country; and we never stood taller in the eyes of the world. | |
| I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers. | |
| Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. | |
| We go to liberate not to conquer. We will not fly our flags in their country. We are entering Iraq to free a people. | |
| We have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states; we are and always will be the United States of America. | |
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Famous Foursomes (Children's Lit)
Finish the American Quote
Famous Fuzzy Faces
