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The power to tax involves the power to. Destroy

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John marshall- McCulloch v. Maryland

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A house divided against itself cannot stand

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Lincoln- the union, part of inaugural speech

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It is at the bottom of life we must begin, not at the top

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Booker t Washington - 1895 Atlanta compromise speech

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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal

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Earl warren- brown v. Board of education of Topeka Kansas

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We hold these truths to be self evident That all men are created equal

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Thomas Jefferson- Declaration of Independence

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A war to end of all wars

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Woodrow Wilson World War I

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All we ask is to be left alone

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Jefferson Davis - president of the confederation

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December 7, 1941 a date that will live in infamy

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Fdr Pearl Harbor

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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

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Martin Luther King I have a dream speech march on Washington

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A law repugnant to the Constitution is void

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John Marshall marbury v. Madison

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To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers

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Article 1 section 8 clause 18 of the Constitution

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We covenant and combine ourselves into a civil body politic

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Mayflower compact 1620

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54 40 or fight

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James K Polk’s campaign slogan

Oregon boundary dispute

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Free-trade and sailors right

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war of 1812

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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold

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Williams Jennings Bryan cross of gold speech

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God made us neighbors let justice make us friends

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Fdr To Latin American countries

Good neighbor policy

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And so my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country

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John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address

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We must be the great arsenal of democracy

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FDR Promising to help England in the fight against nazi Germany
Lend lease act

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With malice toward none with charity for all

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Abraham Lincoln second inaugural address

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It is our policy to stay clear of permanent alliances

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Washington’s farewell address 1796

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John Marshall has made his decision now let him enforce it

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Andrew Jackson Worcester v. Georgia

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Liberty and Union now and forever one and inseparable

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Daniel Webster in the Webster Hayne debate

Against doctrine of nullification

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Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute

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Robert Goodloe Harper
Mistakenly attributed to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
John Marshall xyz affair

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My paramount object in the struggle is to save the union

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Abraham Lincoln letter to Horace Greeley

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Peace without victory

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Woodrow Wilson before the end of World War I

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Remember the Alamo

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Gen. Sam Houston during Battle of San Jacinto 1836 Texas war on independence

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Remember the Maine

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William McKinley US Naval vessel Lona by Spanish in Cuba Spanish American war

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Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far

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Theodore Roosevelt foreign-policy big stick policy

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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

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Harry Truman Truman doctrine

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

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FDR First inaugural speech

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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

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Declaration of sentiments Seneca Falls convention 1848

Elizabeth cadu Stanton

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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

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Monroe Monroe doctrine about Latin America

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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

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Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation

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We the people of United States in order to form a more perfect union

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Preamble of the Constitution

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which it’s possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community

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Andrew Carnegie gospel of wealth

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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

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Frederick Jackson Turner significance of American frontier

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What hath god wrought

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Samuel B Morse first telegram

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Government is not the solution to our problem government is the problem

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Ronald Reagan inaugural speech

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Women of the world unite you have nothing to lose but your vacuum cleaner

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Betty Frieden interview for life magazine

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