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AP U.S. History Quotes

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1. A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.






2. you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thrones - you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold (Dem. nomination)






3. Who is James K. Polk?






4. all we ask is to be let alone






5. God who gave us life - gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed the conviction that these liberties are a gift of God? I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just - and that His justice cannot sle






6. ...We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation - under God - shall have a new birth of freedom; and that gov of the people - by the people - shall not perish from the earth (Gettysburg Address)






7. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union - and is not either to save or to destroy slavery -letter






8. Whatever makes men good Christians makes them good citizens.






9. We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men and women are created equal -Seneca Falls Convention






10. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union - and is not either to save or to destroy slavery -letter






11. penny saved is a penny earned






12. Millions for Defense! But not one cent for tribute (XYZ affair)






13. He that will not work - shall not eat






14. The only goodIndian is a deadIndian






15. Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream






16. Take away the heritage of a people - and they are easily persuaded.






17. Government - even in its best state - is but a necessary evil; in its worst state - an intolerable one. Government - like dress - is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise.






18. America for Americans!






19. Vote or Die.






20. In all things purely social we can be as separate as fingers - yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress (Atlanta Compromise Speech)






21. America for Americans!






22. We have an illness only gold will cure (speech to Montezuma)






23. Taxation without representation is tyranny






24. ON the first day of January in the Year of our Lord - one thousand and eight hundred and sixty three - all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state - the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States






25. Take away the heritage of a people - and they are easily persuaded.






26. Log Cabin and hard Cider - Van Van He's a used up man! - Tippecanoe and Tyler Too! - Polk - 5440 or Fight! Re-annexation of Texas and Re-occupation of Oregon






27. Log Cabin and hard Cider - Van Van He's a used up man! - Tippecanoe and Tyler Too! - Polk - 5440 or Fight! Re-annexation of Texas and Re-occupation of Oregon






28. Whatever makes men good Christians makes them good citizens.






29. John Marshall has made his choice - now let him enforce it






30. We are all Federalists - we are all Republicans..






31. Millions for Defense! But not one cent for tribute (XYZ affair)






32. The only goodIndian is a deadIndian






33. Go West - young man - and grow up with the country






34. Vote or Die.






35. Free Soil - Free Labor Free Speech - Free Men - and Fremont






36. I know not what course others may take - but as for me - give me liberty or give me death!






37. He that will not work - shall not eat






38. I know not what course others may take - but as for me - give me liberty or give me death!






39. We are all Federalists - we are all Republicans..






40. Taxation without representation is tyranny






41. all we ask is to be let alone






42. penny saved is a penny earned






43. God who gave us life - gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed the conviction that these liberties are a gift of God? I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just - and that His justice cannot sle






44. ON the first day of January in the Year of our Lord - one thousand and eight hundred and sixty three - all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state - the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States






45. Remember the Ladies






46. Go West - young man - and grow up with the country






47. Government - even in its best state - is but a necessary evil; in its worst state - an intolerable one. Government - like dress - is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise.






48. A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.






49. Free Soil - Free Labor Free Speech - Free Men - and Fremont






50. We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men and women are created equal -Seneca Falls Convention