quotes Flashcards
John BROWN
…purged away… Blood
I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with Blood.
Andrew CARNEGIE
…no use whatsoever…
There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.
John Fitzgerald KENNEDY
…my fellow Americans…
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
Abraham LINCOLN
…four score…
“four score and seven years ago” “government of the people, by the people, for the people” The Emancipation Proclamation, The Gettysburg Address
Frederick DOUGLAS
…purchased by the black man’s misery.
“The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.”
Hector St. Jean de CREVECOEUR
“what then is the American, this new man?”
Alexis Henri C M Clerel TOCQUEVILLE
“everything is extraordinary in America”
Rudyard KIPLING
…best ye breed…
“Take up the White Man’s burden–
Send forth the best ye breed–
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives’ need;”
Thomas PAINE
“these are the times that try men’s souls”
Franklin DELANO ROOSEVELT
“If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”
Thomas JEFFERSON
…pursuit of happiness.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
John WINTHROP
…wee must be knitt together…
Model of Christian Clarity, City upon a Hill,
“the Lord will be our God and delight to dwell among us, as His own people and will command a blessing upon us in all our ways, so that we shall see much more of His wisdom, power, goodness, and truth then formerly we have been acquainted with”,
“Wee must be knitt together, in this worke, as one man. Wee must entertaine each other in brotherly affection. Wee must be willing to abridge ourselves of our superfluities, for the supply of other’s necessities.”
Ronald Raegan
…freedom…
We’ve got to do a better job of getting across that America is freedom– freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. And freedom is special and rare. It’s fragile; it needs [protection]. […]
Theodore ROOSEVELT
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
Emmeline PANKHURST
“I would rather be a rebel than a slave”
