1776-1848
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility over all forms of tyranny over the mind of man"
Who is "Thomas Jefferson"
"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds"
Who is "Abraham Lincoln"
"Any lack of confidence in the economic future of the United States is foolish"
Who is "Herbert Hoover"
"Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself!"
Who is "Franklin D. Roosevelt
"the pardon granted the former President will not cause us to forget the evils of Watergate-type offenses or to forget the lessons we have learned"
Who is "Gerald Ford"
"The bank...the bank is trying to kill me, but I will kill it."
Who is "Andrew Jackson"
" I ask the Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba"
Who is "William McKinley"
"I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also."
Who is "Theodore Roosevelt"
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."
Who is "Dwight D. Eisenhower"
“Détente does not mean the end of danger. Improvements in both the tone and substance of our relations have indeed reduced tensions and heightened the prospects for peace."
Who is "Richard Nixon"
"The American continents ... are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers."
Who is "James Monroe"
"The omnibus bill...is neither southern nor northern. It is equal; it is fair; it is a compromise."
Who is "Henry Clay"
"It will be our wish and purpose that the processes of peace, when they are begun, shall be absolutely open and that they shall involve and permit henceforth no secret understandings of any kind."
Who is "Woodrow Wilson"
"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."
Who is "Martin Luther King, Jr."
"Tremendous potential. I’ve gotten to know our country so well. Tremendous potential. It is going to be a beautiful thing. Every single American will have the opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer."
Who is "Donald Trump"
“The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.
Who is "George Washington"
“it to be the duty of every one to unite in the restoration of the country, and the reestablishment of peace & harmony.”
Who is "Robert E. Lee"
“The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number as their value is recognized. Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike."
Who is "John Muir"
"The State Department is infested with communists. I have here in my hand a list of 205—a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party"
Who is "Joseph McCarthy"
"I can hear you, the rest of the World can hear you, & the people who knocked down these buildings will hear all of us soon"
Who is "George W. Bush"
I hold that in the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin...are brought together, the relation now existing in the slaveholding States between the two, is, instead of an evil, a good—a positive good.
Who is "John C. Calhoun"
"The Democratic party is not making war upon the honest acquisition of wealth; it has no desire to discourage industry, economy, and thrift. On the contrary, it gives to every citizen the greatest possible stimulus to honest toil when it promises him protection in the enjoyment of the proceeds of his labor."
Who is "William Jennings Bryan"
"meat would be shoveled into carts, and the man who did the shoveling would not trouble to lift out a rat even when he saw one—there were things that went into the sausage in comparison with which a poisoned rat was a tidbit."
Who is "Upton Sinclair"
“The time has come now, when man must give up war. It is no longer rational to solve international problems by resorting to war."
Who is "Albert Einstein"
"The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an aggressor. We maintain our strength in order to deter and defend against aggression -- to preserve freedom and peace."
Who is "Ronald Reagan"