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AP U.S. History Quotes

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1. 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)






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. Vote or Die.






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






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






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






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






13. 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)






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






15. America for Americans!






16. ...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)






17. The only goodIndian is a deadIndian






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






19. 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)






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






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






22. America for Americans!






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






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






25. Who is James K. Polk?






26. 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?






27. Taxation without representation is tyranny






28. 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






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






30. penny saved is a penny earned






31. Taxation without representation is tyranny






32. 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






33. 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.






34. all we ask is to be let alone






35. 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






36. He that will not work - shall not eat






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






38. He that will not work - shall not eat






39. 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






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






41. Remember the Ladies






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. Remember the Ladies






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






48. 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)






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






50. penny saved is a penny earned