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AP U.S. History Quotes

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1. 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.






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






3. Vote or Die.






4. 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






5. Who is James K. Polk?






6. Who is James K. Polk?






7. The only goodIndian is a deadIndian






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






9. 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






10. We have made partners of the women in this war. Shall we admit them only a partnership of suffering and sacrifice and toil and not to a partnership of right?






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






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






13. 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)






14. He that will not work - shall not eat






15. all we ask is to be let alone






16. Remember the Ladies






17. 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)






18. Vote or Die.






19. ...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)






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






21. 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)






22. He that will not work - shall not eat






23. penny saved is a penny earned






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






25. 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






26. For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill (and that) the eyes of all people are upon us...






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






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






30. all we ask is to be let alone






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






32. 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.






33. Remember the Ladies






34. For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill (and that) the eyes of all people are upon us...






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






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






37. We have made partners of the women in this war. Shall we admit them only a partnership of suffering and sacrifice and toil and not to a partnership of right?






38. The only goodIndian is a deadIndian






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






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






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






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






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






44. ...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)






45. Taxation without representation is tyranny






46. America for Americans!






47. penny saved is a penny earned






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






49. 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)






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