Quotes Flashcards
The power to tax involves the power to. Destroy
John marshall- McCulloch v. Maryland
A house divided against itself cannot stand
Lincoln- the union, part of inaugural speech
It is at the bottom of life we must begin, not at the top
Booker t Washington - 1895 Atlanta compromise speech
Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal
Earl warren- brown v. Board of education of Topeka Kansas
We hold these truths to be self evident That all men are created equal
Thomas Jefferson- Declaration of Independence
A war to end of all wars
Woodrow Wilson World War I
All we ask is to be left alone
Jefferson Davis - president of the confederation
December 7, 1941 a date that will live in infamy
Fdr Pearl Harbor
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
Martin Luther King I have a dream speech march on Washington
A law repugnant to the Constitution is void
John Marshall marbury v. Madison
To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers
Article 1 section 8 clause 18 of the Constitution
We covenant and combine ourselves into a civil body politic
Mayflower compact 1620
54 40 or fight
James K Polk’s campaign slogan
Oregon boundary dispute
Free-trade and sailors right
war of 1812
You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold
Williams Jennings Bryan cross of gold speech
God made us neighbors let justice make us friends
Fdr To Latin American countries
Good neighbor policy
And so my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country
John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address
We must be the great arsenal of democracy
FDR Promising to help England in the fight against nazi Germany
Lend lease act
With malice toward none with charity for all
Abraham Lincoln second inaugural address
It is our policy to stay clear of permanent alliances
Washington’s farewell address 1796
John Marshall has made his decision now let him enforce it
Andrew Jackson Worcester v. Georgia
Liberty and Union now and forever one and inseparable
Daniel Webster in the Webster Hayne debate
Against doctrine of nullification
Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute
Robert Goodloe Harper
Mistakenly attributed to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
John Marshall xyz affair
My paramount object in the struggle is to save the union
Abraham Lincoln letter to Horace Greeley
Peace without victory
Woodrow Wilson before the end of World War I
Remember the Alamo
Gen. Sam Houston during Battle of San Jacinto 1836 Texas war on independence
Remember the Maine
William McKinley US Naval vessel Lona by Spanish in Cuba Spanish American war
Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far
Theodore Roosevelt foreign-policy big stick policy
The ideas and traditions of our nations demanded that we come to the aid of Greece and Turkey and that we put the world on notice that it would be our policy to support the cause of freedom wherever it was threatened
Harry Truman Truman doctrine
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
FDR First inaugural speech
We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights
Declaration of sentiments Seneca Falls convention 1848
Elizabeth cadu Stanton
The American continents by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers
Monroe Monroe doctrine about Latin America
And by the virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within these said designated state and part of states are and henceforward shall be free
Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation
We the people of United States in order to form a more perfect union
Preamble of the Constitution
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
Eleanor Roosevelt
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which it’s possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community
Andrew Carnegie gospel of wealth
The events of the frontier has been to study movement away from the influence of your study group of independence on American lines and to study this advance is to study the really American part of our history
Frederick Jackson Turner significance of American frontier
What hath god wrought
Samuel B Morse first telegram
Government is not the solution to our problem government is the problem
Ronald Reagan inaugural speech
Women of the world unite you have nothing to lose but your vacuum cleaner
Betty Frieden interview for life magazine
