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FAMOUS QUOTES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!" | PATRICK HENRY |
| "I HAVE A DREAM" | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR |
| "...AN IRON CURTAIN HAS DESCENDED ACROSS THE CONTINENT" | CHURCHILL |
| "GOD IS DEAD" | NIETZSCHE |
| "GREAT LIARS ARE ALSO MAGICIANS" | HITLER |
| "FOLLOWING THE LIGHT OF THE SUN, WE LEFT THE OLD WORLD" | COLUMBUS |
| "AN EYE FOR AN EYE WILL MAKE THE WHOLE WORLD BLIND" | GANDHI |
| "A LIFETIME OF TRAINING FOR JUST TEN SECONDS" | JESSE OWENS |
| "A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES MUST BEGIN WITH A SINGLE STEP" | LAO-TZU |
| "SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE" | AESOP |
| "NUMBERS RULE THE UNIVERSE" | PYTHAGORAS |
| "EVERYTHING HAS BEAUTY, BUT NOT EVERYONE SEES IT" | CONFUCIUS |
| "ALL WARFARE IS BASED ON DECEPTION" | SUN TZU |
| "NOTHING ENDURES BUT CHANGE" | HERACLITUS |
| "I WAS REALLY TOO HONEST A MAN TO BE A POLITICIAN AND LIVE" | SOCRATES |
| "AS TO DISEASES, MAKE A HABIT OF 2 THINGS...TO HELP, OR AT LEAST, TO DO NO HARM" | HIPPOCRATES |
| "NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION" | PLATO |
| "I AM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD" | DIOGENES |
| "GIVE ME A LEVER LONG ENOUGH...AND I SHALL MOVE THE WORLD" | ARCHIMEDES |
| "THE DIE IS CAST" | JULIUS CAESAR |
| "A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS" | PUBLILIUS SYRUS |
| "FEAR THE GREEKS EVEN WHEN THEY BRING GIFTS" | (VIRGIL) : PUBLIUS VERGILLIUS MARO |
| "SEIZE THE DAY" | HORACE |
| "TIME IS THE DEVOURER OF EVERYTHING" | OVID |
| "ILL NEWS GOES QUICK AND FAR" | JUVENAL |
| "NOWHERE CAN A MAN FIND A QUIETER OR MORE UNTROUBLED RETREAT THAN IN HIS OWN SOUL" | MARCUS AURELIUS |
| "CHRIST IN THE HEART OF EVERYONE WHO THINKS OF ME" | SAINT PATRICK |
| AND JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, HOW MANY_____ HAVE YE? AND THEY SAID, SEVEN, AND A FEW LITTLE FISHES | LOAVES |
| HOW MANY _____ PRESENT THEMSELVES TO A MAN WITHOUT HIS NOTICING THEM? | OPPORTUNITIES |
| HOW MANY NIGHTS HATH _____ ARCTURUS BEHOLDEN ME/ UTTERING MY CRY TO GOD... | COLD |
| YOU ASK HOW MANY OF YOUR _____ LESBIA, ARE ENOUGH AND MORE FOR ME. | KISSES (CATULLUS) |
| HOW MANY _____ MUST A MAN WALK DOWN/ BEFORE YOU CALL HIM A MAN? | ROADS (BOB DYLAN) |
| HOW MANY REALLY CAPABLE MEN ARE _____ MORE THAN ONCE DURING THE DAY? | CHILDREN (NAPOLEON) |
| HOW MANY _____ CAN DANCE ON THE HEAD OF A PIN? | ANGELS |
| HOW MANY _____ WILL TRANSPIRE/ WANTING FOR LOVE AND PLAYING WITH FIRE | NIGHTS (LITTLE RIVER BAND) |
| THE POPE? HOW MANY _____ HAS HE GOT? | DIVISIONS (STALIN) |
| 1989: "COMMUNISM IS JUST AN IDEA, JUST PIE IN THE SKY" | BORIS YELTSIN |
| 3 WORDS CONTINUING OLIVER HAZARD PERRY'S OFT-PARODIED LINE OF 1813, "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND..." | "THEY ARE OURS" |
| ON JUNE 18, 1940 CHURCHILL SAID, "THE BATTLE FOR FRANCE IS OVER" AND THIS "IS ABOUT TO BEGIN" | THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN |
| THOMAS MORE SAID IF THIS BODY PART OF HIS COULD WIN HENRY VIII A CASTLE IN FRANCE, "IT SHOULD NOT FAIL TO GO" | HIS HEAD |
| IN 1534 JACQUES CARTIER CALLED PART OF WHAT'S NOW THIS COUNTRY "THE LAND GOD GAVE TO CAIN" | CANADA |
| IN THE EARLY 16TH-C., THIS PAINTER & GENIUS WROTE, "THE MEDICI CREATED AND DESTROYED ME" | LEONARDO DA VINCI |
| IN 1938 HE SAID, "THERE HAS COME BACK FROM GERMANY TO DOWNING STREET PEACE WITH HONOR" | NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN |
| HISTORIC MESSAGE QUOTED FROM THE BIBLE SENT BY SAMUEL MORSE ON MAY 24, 1844 | "WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT?" |
| FRITZ HOLLINGS, 1983: "IF THE MARINES ARE THER TO FIGHT, THEN THERE ARE FAR TOO FEW. IF...THERE TO BE KILLED, THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY" | LEBANON |
| RONALD REAGAN SAID THE CHALLENGER CREW HAD "SLIPPED THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH TO TOUCH" THIS | THE FACE OF GOD |
| IN "NOTES ON HOSPITALS", SHE WROTE THAT THE FIRST REQUIREMENT OF A HOSPITAL IS TO "DO THE SICK NO HARM" | FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE |
| THIS 4-LETTER WORD PRECEDES "CAESAR, WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE THEE!" | HAIL |
| WHEN HE LANDED ON LEYTE ISLAND IN 1944, HE SAID, "THE HOUR OF YOUR REDEMPTION IS HERE" | MACARTHUR |
| IN 1811 JOSEPH DE MAISTRE WROTE IN "LETTER TO X", "EVERY NATION HAS THE" ONE OF THESE "IT DESERVES" | THE GOVERNMENT |
| AT MANILA BAY, COMMODORE DEWEY SAID TO THIS CAPTAIN OF HIS FLAGSHIP, "YOU MAY FIRE WHEN YOU ARE READY..." | (CHARLES) GRIDLEY |
| IN A NOV.3, 1969 SPEECH, HE USED THE PHRASE "THE GREAT SILENT MAJORITY" | NIXON |
| IN A 1914 SPEECH AT GUILDHALL, CHURCHILL SAID, "THE MAXIM OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE IS" THIS "AS USUAL" | BUSINESS |
| "THE MAXIM OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE IS BUSINESS AS USUAL" | CHURCHILL |
| "WAR IS CRUELTY, AND YOU CANNOT REFINE IT" | WILLIAM T. SHERMAN |
| "OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG" | STEPHEN DECATUR |
| W.E.B. DU BOIS WROTE, "THE PROBLEM OF THE 20TH-C. IS THE PROBLEM OF" THIS "LINE" | THE COLOR LINE |
| UPON THIS MAN'S ASSASSINATION, NEHRU SAID, "THE LIGHT HAS GONE OUT OF OUR LIVES" | GANDHI |
| WHEN ASKED HOW HE BECAME A HERO, THIS PRESIDENT REPLIED, "IT WAS INVOLUNTARY. THEY SANK MY BOAT" | JFK |
| IN 1830 DANIEL WEBSTER TOLD THE SENATE, "LIBERTY AND ..." THIS, "NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLE" | UNION |
| IN 1862 OTTO VON BISMARCK SAID THAT THE QUESTIONS OF THE DAY WOULD BE SETTLED BY "---- AND BLOOD" | IRON AND BLOOD |
| IN 1973 HE WARNED NIXON, "WE HAVE A CANCER WITHIN, CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENCY, THAT IS GROWING" | JOHN DEAN |
| IN 1588 SHE SAID, "I HAVE THE BODY OF A WEAK & FEEBLE WOMAN, BUT I HAVE THE HEART & STOMACH OF A KING!" | ELIZABETH I |
| GENERAL & STATESMAN WHO SAID, "WHEN I WANT TO KNOW WHAT FRANCE THINKS, I ASK MYSELF!" | CHARLES DE GAULLE |
| "I STILL BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOOD AT HEART" | ANNE FRANK |
| AN EXPERT ON THE SUBJECT, HE TOLD PTOLEMY I, "THERE IS NO ROYAL ROAD TO GEOMETRY" | EUCLID |
| FROM WATERLOO, HE SENT THE MESSAGE, "NOTHING EXCEPT A BATTLE LOST CAN BE HALF SO MELANCHOLY AS A BATTLE WON" | DUKE OF WELLINGTON |
| IN A TELEGRAM ON DEC. 17, 1903, THEY WROTE, "SUCCESS. FOUR FLIGHTS THURSDAY MORNING" | WRIGHT BROTHERS |
| HE TOLD FDR, "GIVE US THE TOOLS, AN WE WILL FINISH THE JOB" | CHURCHILL |
| IN 1521 HE TOLD THE DIET OF WORMS, "I CANNOT AND I WILL NOT RECANT ANYTHING" | MARTIN LUTHER |
| ABOUT THIS FIRST BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, SAMUEL ADAMS SAID, "WHAT A GLORIOUS MORNING FOR AMERICA" | LEXINGTON |
| HE TOLD THE 1984 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, "OUR FLAG IS RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, BUT OUR NATION IS A RAINBOW" | JESSE JACKSON |
| IN A 1956 SPEECH, HE SAID, "WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE IT, HISTORY IS ON OUR SIDE. WE WILL BURY YOU" | KRUSHCHEV |
| ALFRED E. SMITH SAID, "ALL THE ILLS OF DEMOCRACY CAN BE CURED BY MORE..." THIS | DEMOCRACY |
| "AN ARMY, LIKE A SERPENT, TRAVELS ON ITS BELLY" | FREDERICK THE GREAT |
| ASKED AFTER THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, "WHAT HAVE WE GOT?", HE REPLIED, "A REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT" | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN |
| WHEN NAPOLEON SAID, "ENGLAND IS A NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS," HE WAS QUOTING THIS ECONOMIST | ADAM SMITH |
| FOLLOWING THE FAMOUS "CHECKERS" SPEECH, EISENHOWER TOLD HIM, "YOU'RE MY BOY" | NIXON |
| DANIEL WEBSTER CALLED THIS BOSTON BUILDING "THE CRADLE OF AMERICAN LIBERTY" | FANEUIL HALL |
| "TURN ON, TUNE IN, DROP OUT" | DR. TIMOTHY LEARY |
| IN 1798 ROBERT GOODLOE HARPER SAID, "MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE, BUT NOT ONE CENT FOR" THIS | TRIBUTE |
| ON APRIL 29, 1861 HE SAID, "WE SEEK NO CONQUEST...ALL WE ASK IS TO BE LET ALONE" | JEFFERSON DAVIS |
| ON MAY 5, 1961 HE FAMOUSLY EXCLAIMED, "WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VIEW" | ALAN SHEPARD |
| IN 1900 TEDDY ROOSEVELT WROTE, "I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FOND OF THIS WEST AFRICAN PROVERB | "WALK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK" |
| ACCORDING TO SUETONIUS, IT WAS INSCRIBED ON A PARADE WAGON AFTER THE 5-DAY PONTIC CAMPAIGN OF 47 B.C. | "VENI, VIDI, VICI" |
| ONE MONTH PRIOR TO HIS HANGING IN 1859, HE SAID THAT HE HAD NO DESIGN TO "EXCITE SLAVES TO REBEL" | JOHN BROWN |
| "I HAVE A DREAM..." | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR |
| "WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING, IT'S THE ONLY THING" | VINCE LOMBARDI |
| "ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU; ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY" | JFK |
| "I WANT TO KNOW GOD'S THOUGHTS...THE REST ARE DETAILS" | ALBERT EINSTEIN |
| "I'VE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME, BUT THIS WASN'T IT" | GROUCHO MARX |
| "BLACK HOLES ARE WHERE GOD DIVIDED BY ZERO" | STEPHEN WRIGHT |
| "BE NICE TO PEOPLE ON YOUR WAY UP BECAUSE YOU MEET THEM ON YOUR WAY DOWN" | JIMMY DURANTE |
| "DON'T STAY IN BED, UNLESS YOU CAN MAKE MONEY IN BED" | GEORGE BURNS |
| "YOU MISS 100% OF THE SHOTS YOU NEVER TAKE" | WAYNE GRETZKY |
| "HOUSTON, WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM HERE" | JIM LOVELL |
| "HOUSTON, TRANQUILITY BASE HERE. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED" | NEIL ARMSTRONG |
| "THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF A TEMPTATION IS TO YIELD TO IT" | OSCAR WILDE |
| "THE TROUBLE WITH THE RAT RACE IS THAT EVEN IS YOU WIN, YOU'RE STILL A RAT" | LILY TOMLIN |
| "IN THEORY, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE. BUT IN PRACTICE, THERE IS" | YOGI BERRA |
| "ONE SMALL STEP FOR A MAN..." | "ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND" |
| HE CAPTAINED THE VICTORY, LORD NELSON'S FLAGSHIP, AT TRAFALGAR (REMEMBER THE QUOTE) | HARDY |
| BENJAMIN DISRAELI: "WHEN I WANT TO READ A BOOK...." | "I WRITE ONE" |
| HER FAMOUS LINE, "WHAT A DUMP", IS INCLUDED IN EDWARD ALBEE'S "WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" | BETTE DAVIS |
| "I KNOW NOT WHAT COURSE OTHERS MAY TAKE, BUT AS FOR ME...." | "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH" |
| "EVERY IDIOT WHO SAYS 'MERRY CHRISTMAS'...SHOULD BE BOILED WITH HIS OWN PUDDING" | SCROOGE |
| ROMEO SIGHS, "O! THAT I WERE" ONE OF THESE, "UPON THAT HAND, THAT I MIGHT TOUCH" THAT "CHEEK" | A GLOVE |
| E.M. FORSTER PROPOSED "TWO CHEERS FOR ..." THIS SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THAT "ADMITS VARIETY...AND PERMITS CRITICISM" | DEMOCRACY |
| JOHN PAUL JONES' MOST FAMOUS 7-WORD QUOTE | "I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT" |
| "I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT" | JOHN PAUL JONES |
| THIS LATE MOUNTAINEER'S MOST FAMOUS QUOTE IS "BECAUSE IT IS THERE" | GEORGE MALLORY |
| WHEN THIS FAMOUS OFT-QUOTED NY YANKEE WAS ASKED "WHAT TIME IS IT?", HE ANSWERED, "YOU MEAN NOW?" | YOGI BERRA |
| THESE FIRST 3 WORDS OF A FAMOUS QUOTE ARE USEFUL WHEN YOU NEED "TO SOOTHE A SAVAGE BREAST" | "MUSIC HATH CHARMS" |
| "IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH HELL, KEEP GOING" | CHURCHILL |
| "I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO GIVE MY COUNTRY" | NATHAN HALE |
| "IF YOU STARE INTO THE ABYSS LONG ENOUGH, THE ABYSS STARES BACK AT YOU" | NIETZSCHE |
| "WHAT DO I WEAR TO BED? WHY, CHANEL NO.5, OF COURSE" | MARILYN MONROE |
| "YOU MUST BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD" | GANDHI |
| "DON'T CRY BECAUSE IT'S OVER. SMILE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED" | DR. SEUSS |
| "IT IS NOT SUFFICIENT THAT I SUCCEED. EVERYONE ELSE MUST FAIL" | GENGHIS KHAN |
| "A DICTATORSHIP WOULD BE A HECK OF A LOT EASIER, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT" | GEORGE W. BUSH |
| "THERE NEVER WAS A GOOD WAR OR A BAD PEACE" | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN |
| "I DON'T CARE TO BELONG TO A CLUB THAT ACCEPTS PEOPLE LIKE ME AS MEMBERS" | GROUCHO MARX |
| "IT'S NOT THE SIZE OF THE DOG IN THE FIGHT, IT'S THE SIZE OF THE FIGHT IN THE DOG" | MARK TWAIN |
| "YOU TRIED YOUR BEST AND YOU FAILED MISERABLY. THE LESSON IS 'NEVER TRY'" | HOMER SIMPSON |
| "GLORY IF FLEETING, BUT OBSCURITY IS FOREVER" | NAPOLEON |
| "IT'S KIND OF FUN TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE" | WALT DISNEY |
| "I KNOW NOT WHAT COURSE OTHERS MAY TAKE,..." (PATRICK HENRY) | "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH" |
| "I NEVER LET MY SCHOOLING INTERFERE WITH MY EDUCATION" | MARK TWAIN |
| "DO NO GO WHERE THE PATH MAY LEAD, GO INSTEAD WHERE THERE IS NO PATH, AND LEAVE A TRAIL" | RALPH WALDO EMERSON |
| "IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT, GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN" | TRUMAN |
| "YET TODAY I CONSIDER MYSELF THE LUCKIEST MAN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH" | LOU GEHRIG |
| "SCIENCE WITHOUT RELIGION IS LAME. RELIGION WITHOUT SCIENCE IS BLIND" | EINSTEIN |
| "WHEN YOU COME TO A FORK IN THE ROAD, TAKE IT" | YOGI BERRA |
| "NOW I AM BECOME DEATH...THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS" | J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER |
| "LET THEM EAT CAKE" | MARIE ANTOINETTE |
| ROMAN SENATOR WHO ENDED EVERY SPEECH WITH "CARTHAGE MUST BE DESTROYED!" | CATO |
| HE ASKED TO BE PAINTED, "WARTS AND EVERYTHING" | OLIVER CROMWELL |
| "THERE IS NO ROYAL ROAD TO GEOMETRY" | EUCLID (TO PTOLEMY) |
| AFTER BAD REVIEWS, HE SAID "I CRIED ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK" | LIBERACE |
| LINCOLN SAID TO THIS GENERAL: "IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THE ARMY, I SHOULD LIKE TO BORROW IT FOR A WHILE" | GEORGE MCCLELLAN |
| BEFORE THE DIET OF WORMS, HE SAID, "HERE I STAND. I CANNOT DO ANYTHING ELSE." | MARTIN LUTHER |
| WHEN KHRUSCHEV BANGED HIS SHOE ON A TABLE, THIS BRITISH P.M. REPLIED, "I'D LIKE THAT TRANSLATED, IF I MAY" | MACMILLAN |
| ASKED WHY HE WANTED TO CLIMB MT. EVEREST, HE REPLIED, "BECAUSE IT'S THERE" | GEORGE MALLORY |
| WHEN TOLD PRESIDENT COOLIDGE WAS DEAD, SHE ASKED, "HOW CAN THEY TELL?" | DOROTHY PARKER |
| "DR. LIVINGSTONE I PRESUME" | STANLEY |
| "REPORTS OF MY DEATH HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED" | MARK TWAIN |
| "THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED", WHEN ASKED WHY HE DIDN'T RUN A TRAIN FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT | CORNELIUS VANDERBILT |
| AT U.S. CUSTOMS: "I HAVE NOTHING TO DECLARE BUT MY GENIUS" | OSCAR WILDE |
| "THE BIGGER THEY ARE THE HARDER THEY FALL" | BOB FITZSIMMONS |
| "BALANCE OF POWER" | SIR ROBERT WALPOLE |
| "THE BUCK STOPS HERE" | TRUMAN |
| "DON'T WASTE ANY TIME IN MOURNING, ORGANIZE" | JOE HILL |
| "GO WEST, YOUNG MAN" | HORACE GREELEY |
| "GOD IS ALWAYS ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAVIEST BATTALIONS" | VOLTAIRE |
| "GOD IS DEAD" | NIETZSCHE |
| "GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" | LINCOLN |
| "THE GREATEST HAPPINESS OF THE GREATEST NUMBER" | JEREMY BENTHAM |
| "HE CAN RUN BUT HE CAN'T HIDE" | JOE LOUIS (ABOUT BILLY CONN) |
| "HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE" | SARTRE |
| "HISTORY IS BUNK" | HENRY FORD |
| "I AM ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS" | DISRAELI (CRITICIZING DARWIN) |
| "I CANNOT AND WILL NOT CUT MY CONSCIENCE TO FIT THIS YEAR'S SCHEDULE" | LILLIAN HELLMAN |
| "I HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER BUT BLOOD, TOIL, TEARS AND SWEAT" | CHURCHILL |
| LINCOLN STEFFENS SAID OF THIS COUNTRY, "I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE, AND IT WORKS" | USSR |
| "I MARRIED BENEATH ME, ALL WOMEN DO" | NANCY ASTOR |
| "IF GOD DID NOT EXIST, IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO INVENT HIM" | VOLTAIRE |
| "IF I HAVE SEEN FURTHER, IT IS BY STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS" | ISAAC NEWTON |
| "IF THEY COME FOR ME IN THE MORNING, THEY WILL COME FOR YOU AT NIGHT" | ANGELA DAVIS |
| "IN THE FUTURE, EVERYONE WILL BE FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES" | ANDY WARHOL |
| "IN THE LONG RUN, WE ARE ALL DEAD" (ECONOMIST) | JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES |
| "IN 2 WORDS: IMPOSSIBLE" "COUNT ME OUT" | SAMUEL GOLDWYN |
| 1974: "IT WILL BE YEARS...AND NOT IN MY TIME...BEFORE A WOMAN WILL LEAD THE PARTY AND BECOME PRIME MINISTER" | MARGARET THATCHER |
| "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER" | FRANCIS BACON |
| "THE LADY'S NOT FOR TURNING" | MARGARET THATCHER |
| "LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND STATISTICS" | BENJAMIN DISRAELI |
| "THE LIFE OF MAN IS SOLITARY, POOR, NASTY, BRUTISH, AND SHORT" | THOMAS HOBBES |
| "MAN IS BORN FREE AND EVERYWHERE HE IS IN CHAINS" | ROUSSEAU |
| "THE MASS OF MEN LEAD LIVES OF QUIET DESPERATION" | THOREAU (WALDEN) |
| "THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE" | MARSHALL MCLUHAN |
| "NEVER IS THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW" | CHURCHILL (REFERRING TO BATTLE OF BRITAIN PILOTS) |
| "OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE, THEY SIMPLY FADE AWAY" | MCARTHUR (QUOTING A SONG) |
| "ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT MAKE A SUMMER" | ARISTOTLE |
| "PATRIOTISM IS THE LAST REFUGE OF A SCOUNDREL" | SAMUEL JOHNSON |
| "PEACE FOR OUR TIME" | NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN |
| "THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD" | BULWER BYTTON |
| "THE PEOPLE ARE LIKE WATER AND THE ARMY IS LIKE A FISH" | MAO TSE TUNG |
| "POWER TENDS TO CORRUPT AND ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY" | LORD ACTON |
| "PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED!" | DUKE OF WELLINGTON |
| "PUT YOUR TRUST IN GOD AND KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY" | OLIVER CROMWELL |
| "RELIGION IS...THE OPIUM OF THE PEOPLE" | KARL MARX |
| "A RIDDLE WRAPPED IN A MYSTERY INSIDE AN ENIGMA" | CHURCHILL (OF THE USSR) |
| "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH" | JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH |
| BRITISH P.M. (1918) "TO MAKE BRITAIN A FIT COUNTRY FOR HEROES TO LIVE IN" | LLOYD GEORGE |
| "THE UNSPEAKABLE IN PURSUIT OF THE UNEATABLE" | OSCAR WILDE (FOXHUNTING) |
| "A VERBAL CONTRACT ISN'T WORTH THE PAPER IT'S WRITTEN ON" | SAMUEL GOLDWYN |
| "WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS A GOOD FIVE CENT CIGAR" | MARSHALL (U.S. VICE PRESIDENT) |
| "WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING, IT'S THE ONLY THING" | VINCE LOMBARDI |
| "THE WORLD MUST BE MADE SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY" | WILSON |
| "YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG" | GEORGE BERNARD SHAW |
| "I AM THE STATE" | LOUIS XIV |
| "NOT BY SPEECHES AND MAJORITY VOTES ARE THE GREAT QUESTIONS OF THE DAY DECIDED...THAT WAS THE GREAT ERROR OF 1848 AND 1849...BUT BY BLOOD AND IRON" | OTTO VON BISMARCK |
| "THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED THE CAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION HAVE PLOWED THE SEA" | SIMON BOLIVAR |
| "OUR MARCH TO FREEDOM IS IRREVERSIBLE. WE MUST NOT ALLOW FEAR TO STAND IN OUR WAY" | NELSON MANDELA |
| "I HOLD THE MAXIM NO LESS APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC THAN TO PRIVATE AFFAIRS, THAT HONESTY IS ALWAYS THE BEST POLICY" | GEORGE WASHINGTON |
| "LIFE NEVER FORGIVES WEAKNESSES" | HITLER |
| "THE TRUTH IS THAT MEN ARE TIRED OF LIBERTY" | MUSSOLINI |
| "WHILE THE STATE EXISTS, THERE CAN BE NO FREEDOM. WHEN THERE IS FREEDOM, THERE WILL BE NO STATE" | LENIN |
| "REMEMBER THAT THE STORM IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PINE AND THE CYPRESS TO SHOW THEIR STRENGTH AND THEIR STABILITY" | HO CHI MINH |
| "EVERYTHING TELLS ME I SHALL SUCCEED" | NAPOLEON |
| "IF YOU SET OUT TO BE LIKED, YOU WOULD BE PREPARED TO COMPROMISE ON ANYTHING AT ANY TIME, AND YOU WOULD ACHIEVE NOTHING" | MARGARET THATCHER |
| "POLITICS IS WAR WITHOUT BLOODSHED, WHILE WAR IS POLITICS WITH BLOODSHED" | MAO ZEDONG |
| "WE OF MACEDON FOR GENERATIONS PAST HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN THE HARD SCHOOL OF DANGER AND WAR..." | ALEXANDER THE GREAT |
| "I CANNOT LEAVE MY COUNTRY, I WILL DIE A MARTYR" | MUAMMAR GADDAFI |
| "A REVOLUTION IS A FIGHT TO THE DEATH BETWEEN THE FUTURE AND THE PAST" | FIDEL CASTRO |
| "FROM STETTIN IN THE BALTIC TO TRIESTE IN THE ADRIATIC, AN IRON CURTAIN HAS DESCENDED ACROSS THE CONTINENT" | WINSTON CHURCHILL |
| "I SPEAK SPANISH TO GOD, ITALIAN TO WOMEN, FRENCH TO MEN, AND GERMAN TO MY HORSE" | CHARLES V |
| 'FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO...' | ABRAHAM LINCOLN |
| 'WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, HISTORY IS ON OUR SIDE. WE WILL BURY YOU.' | KHRUSHCHEV |
| 'EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL. SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FOR NONE' | THOMAS JEFFERSON |
| 'WHEN HISTORY LOOKS BACK, I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THE NAZIS WEREN'T ABLE TO KILL MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND GET AWAY WITH IT.' | SIMON WIESENTHAL |
| 'HISTORY IS A SET OF LIES AGREED UPON' | NAPOLEON |
| 'JUDGMENT IS MADE BY OTHER PEOPLE...IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, IT'S MADE BY GOD AS WELL.' | TONY BLAIR |
| 'WHO SAYS I AM NOT UNDER THE SPECIAL PROTECTION OF GOD.' | HITLER |
| 'HATRED CAN BE OVERCOME ONLY BY LOVE.' | MAHATMA GANDHI |
| 'GOD WILL FIND ANOTHER PERSON, MORE HUMBLE, MORE DEVOTED, MORE OBEDIENT TO HIM, AND THE SOCIETY WILL GO ON.' | MOTHER TERESA (ANNOUNCING HER RETIREMENT) |
| 'IT IS BETTER TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH CLOSED AND LET PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE A FOOL THAN TO OPEN IT AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT.' | MARK TWAIN |
| 'ALWAYS FORGIVE YOUR ENEMIES. NOTHING ANNOYS THEM SO MUCH.' | OSCAR WILDE |
| 'IF WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING, WHY DO THEY KEEP SCORE.' | VINCE LOMBARDI |
| 'THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH AMERICA THAT CANNOT BE CURED BY WHAT IS RIGHT WITH AMERICA' | BILL CLINTON |
| 'WE MUST LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER AS BROTHERS OR PERISH TOGETHER AS FOOLS.' | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR |
| 'EVERYTHING IS CHANGING. PEOPLE ARE TAKING THEIR COMEDIANS SERIOUSLY AND THE POLITICIANS AS A JOKE.' | WILL ROGERS |
| 'POLITICS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE SECOND OLDEST PROFESSION. I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT IT BEARS A VERY CLOSE RESEMBLANCE TO THE FIRST.' | REAGAN |
| CONCERNING THE 1962 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, THIS SOVIET LEADER SAID THAT "HUMAN REASON WON. MANKIND WON." | KHRUSHCHEV |
| IN A 1965 MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, HE SAID, "POVERTY HAS MANY ROOTS, BUT THE TAP ROOT IS IGNORANCE" | LBJ |
| IN 1968 THIS MAYOR SAID, "THE POLICE ARE NOT HERE TO CREATE DISORDER. THE POLICE ARE HERE TO PRESERVE DISORDER" | DALEY |
| THIS DEFENSE SECRETARY TOLD REPORTERS IN 1966, "THE DRAFT IS THE LARGST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN THE WORLD" | MCNAMARA |
| THIS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER FROM A PUBLISHING FAMILY WROTE, "I HAD...NO IDEA OF THE STRANGE UNDERWORLD" OF THE PROFUMO AFFAIR | MCMILLAN |
| "TO THOSE CRITICS WHO ARE SO PESSIMISTIC ABOUT OUR ECONOMY, I SAY, DON'T BE ECONOMIC GIRLIE MEN" | SCHWARZENEGGER |
| "I SPENT SEVERAL YEARS IN A NORTH VIETNAMESE PRISON CAMP...YOU THINK I WANT TO DO THAT ALL OVER AGAIN AS VICE PRESIDENT?" | JOHN MCCAIN |
| REGARDING THE ATTACKS ON HIS SON, "IF BARBARA GETS HER HANDS ON JOHN KERRY, HE MIGHT GET ANOTHER PURPLE HEART" | GEORGE H.W. BUSH |
| "I WANT TO THANK THE CANADIAN PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT TO WAVE, WITH ALL FIVE FINGERS, FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY" | GEORGE W. BUSH |
| SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: "FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE TERRORISTS HAVE NOT ATTACKED OUR FOOD SUPPLY" | TOMMY THOMPSON |
| LOUISIANA "KINGFISH" WHO REPORTEDLY SAID, "THE TIME HAS COME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO RISE ABOVE PRINCIPLE" | HUEY LONG |
| "I AM NOT A MEMBER OF ANY ORGANIZED PARTY; I AM A DEMOCRAT" | WILL ROGERS |
| HE SAID, "I NEVER GIVE THEM HELL; I JUST GIVE THEM THE TRUTH AND THEY THINK IT IS HELL" | HARRY TRUMAN |
| "THE KIDS, LIKE ALL KIDS, LOVE THE DOG AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS RIGHT NOW, THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT IT, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP HIM" | NIXON |
| ON JULY 14, 1789 THIS FRENCH KING WROTE IN HIS DIARY, "NOTHING" | LOUIS XVI |
| COMPLETES "IF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND ITS COMMONWEALTH LAST FOR 1,000 YEARS, MEN WILL SAY..." | "THIS WAS THEIR FINEST HOUR" |
| IN 1690 THIS ENGLISH PHILOSOPHER WROTE, "WHEREVER LAW ENDS, TYRANNY BEGINS" | JOHN LOCKE |
| ON NOV. 24, 1963 SENATOR MIKE MANSFIELD SAID, "A PIECE OF EACH OF US HAS DIED" THE MOMENT HE WAS SHOT | JFK |
| FDR TOLD THE NATION IN 1936 THAT "THIS GENERATION OF AMERICANS HAS A RENDEZVOUS WITH..." THIS | DESTINY |
| 1936: "THIS GENERATION OF AMERICANS HAS A RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY" | FDR |
| SENATOR WHO SAID IN 1983, "I REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE WIFE TO GIVE TO MY COUNTRY'S INFRASTRUCTURE" | BOB DOLE |
| THE 3 THINGS WHICH, ACCORDING TO JOHN FREMONT'S 1856 G.O.P. CAMPAIGN, SHOULD BE FREE | SOIL, MEN & SPEECH |
| WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN WAS REFERRING TO HIM WHEN HE SAID, "WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO HAS KEPT...US OUT OF WAR" | WILSON |
| DOUGLAS MACARTHUR TOLD CONGRESS, "IN WAR THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE" FOR THIS | VICTORY |
| OF THE RAF HE SAID, "NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW" | CHURCHILL |
| "J'ACCUSE" WAS THE TITLE OF THE OPEN LETTER HE SENT THE FRENCH PRESIDENT ABOUT DREYFUS | EMILE ZOLA |
| IN HIS 1944 CAMPAIGN HE USED THE PHRASE "IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE" | THOMAS DEWEY |
| THIS FINANCIER & ADVISOR TO PRESIDENTS COINED THE EXPRESSION "COLD WAR" IN 1947 | BERNARD BARUCH |
| "THE BIG APPLE DOES NOT GROW IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN", THIS MAYOR EXPLAINED | KOCH |
| "THOSE WHO LABOR IN THE EARTH ARE THE CHOSEN PEOPLE OF GOD", SAID THIS PRESIDENT FROM VIRGINIA | JEFFERSON |
| FAMOUS QUOTE TO WHICH CARL SCHURZ ADDED, "WHEN RIGHT, TO BE KEPT RIGHT; WHEN WRONG, TO BE PUT RIGHT" | "MY COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG" |
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