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| “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” |
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| “The power to tax involves the power to destroy.” |
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| Marshall, John, McCulloch v. Maryland |
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| “It is at the bottom of life we must begin, not at the top.” |
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| “Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” |
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| “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” |
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| Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence |
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| “All we ask is to be left alone.” |
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| Jefferson Davis, Confederate States of America |
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| “December 7, 1941—a date that will live in infamy.” |
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| “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” |
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| “A law repugnant to the Constitution is void.” |
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| John Marshall, Marbury vs. 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 One of the United States Constitution, section 8, clause 18 |
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| “We … covenant and combine ourselves into a civil body politic.” |
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| “Fifty-four forty or fight.” |
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| James K. Polk’s campaign theme |
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| “Free trade and sailors’ rights.” |
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| A cry throughout the United States |
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| “You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.” |
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| “God made us neighbors. Let justice make us friends.” |
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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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| “We must be the great arsenal of democracy.” |
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| “With malice toward none, with charity for all….” |
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| “It is our policy to stay clear of permanent alliances.” |
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| “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” |
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| “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.” |
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| “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.” |
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| “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union.” |
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| A battle-cry in the battle of Alamo |
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| A slogan of the Spanish-American war |
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| " Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far." |
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| " The ideals 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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| " The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” |
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| " We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they were endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights." |
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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 subject for future colonization by any European powers." |
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| "And, by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within these said designed States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free." |
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| " We the people, in order to form a more perfect Union,....." |
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| " No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." |
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| " Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community." |
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| " The advance of the frontier has meant a steady movement away from the influence of Europe, a steady growth of independence on American lines. And to study this advance... is to study the really American part of our history." |
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| American inventor Samuel F.B. Morse |
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| " Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." |
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| " Women of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your vacuum cleaner." |
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