Presidential Speeches
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country."
Who is JOHN F. KENNEDY?
Inaugural Address: January 20, 1961
"To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles"
Who is WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE?
Play: Hamlet (William Shakespeare is thought to have written Hamlet between 1599 and 1601)
Speech: “To be, or not to be, that is the question”
"There's no place like home!"
What is THE WIZARD OF OZ?
Book written by F. Frank Baum in 1900.
"So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
Who is FRANKLIN D. ROSSEVELT?
First Inaugural Address: March 4, 1933
"You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise."
Who is MAYA ANGELOU?
POEM: Still I Rise (1978)
“You're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So... get on your way!”
What is Oh, the Places You'll Go!
"A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes, we can."
Who is President-Elect Barack Obama
Presidential Victory Speech: November 4, 2008
"'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all."
Who is ALFRED LORD TENNYSON?
"It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both."
What is Charlotte's Web?
Book written by E. B. White in 1952.