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AP U.S. History Quotes

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






2. 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






3. 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?






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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)






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






9. Remember the Ladies






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






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






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






13. America for Americans!






14. Taxation without representation is tyranny






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






16. He that will not work - shall not eat






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






18. Remember the Ladies






19. Vote or Die.






20. Taxation without representation is tyranny






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. penny saved is a penny earned






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






28. penny saved is a penny earned






29. all we ask is to be let alone






30. 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)






31. He that will not work - shall not eat






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






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






34. 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)






35. 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)






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






37. America for Americans!






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






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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Vote or Die.






44. The only goodIndian is a deadIndian






45. all we ask is to be let alone






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






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






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






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






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