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Quiz: Who said it?
Many speeches have become memorable throughout history. Can you match these quotes from famous speeches to the American who said them?
1“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
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9“It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation.”
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2“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
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3“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.”
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4“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed — we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
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5“Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”
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6“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
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7“I feel that the people have got to have confidence in the integrity of the men who run for that office and who might attain them.”
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10“Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. America was targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.”
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11“Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights.”
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12“I declare to you that women must not depend upon the protection of man but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.”
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13“This is why I say it’s the ballot or the bullet. It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.”
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14“We are one nation and their pain is our pain. Their dreams are our dreams and their success will be our success. We are one heart, one home and one glorious destiny.”
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15“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.”
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Match The Name To The Quote
Martin Luther King — “I Have a Dream”
Jimmy Carter — Televised speech on energy
Harry Truman — Special message to congress
Hillary Clinton — Remarks to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women
Patrick Henry — Addressing the General Assembly
Malcom X — “The Ballot or the Bullet”
John F. Kennedy — Inaugural address
Gerald R. Ford — Address to a joint session of congress on the economy
8“We must whip inflation right now.”
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15. Harry Truman — Special message to congress
14. Donald Trump — Inauguration speech
13. Malcom X — “The Ballot or the Bullet”
12. Susan B. Anthony — Speech in San Francisco in 1871
11. Hillary Clinton — Remarks to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women
10. George W. Bush — Sept. 11, 2001 address to the nation
9. Jimmy Carter — Televised speech on energy
8. Gerald R. Ford — Address to a joint session of congress on the economy
7. Richard Nixon — Checkers speech
Franklin D. Roosevelt — First inaugural address
Patrick Henry — Addressing the General Assembly
Barack Obama — Super Tuesday speech
Donald Trump — Inauguration speech
Susan B. Anthony — Speech in San Francisco
Abraham Lincoln — The Gettysburg Address
Richard Nixon — Checkers speech
George W. Bush — Sept. 11, 2001 address to the nation
6. Barack Obama — Speech on Super Tuesday in 2008
5. John F. Kennedy — Inaugural address
4. Martin Luther King — “I Have a Dream”
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt — First inaugural address
2. Abraham Lincoln — The Gettysburg Address
1. Patrick Henry — Addressing the General Assembly
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