Famous Quotes

Words are very important, and here are some memorable combinations of words from United States History.  See if you can match the quote with the person who made it.


1

"We must all hang together, or most assuredly we will all hang separately."

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Thomas Jefferson

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Jesse James

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)   John Hancock


2

"There is no place I should like to see so much as Jerusalem."

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Danny Thomas

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Henry Kissinger

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)   Abraham Lincoln


3
When one person visited the White House during the height of America's Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln greeted them with the words:

"So you're the (person) who...made this great  war."

To whom was he speaking:

FREDERICK DOUGLAS   *    HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

HARRIET TUBMAN  *  ROBERT E. LEE

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4 Who changed history with the words:

"Mr. Watson, come here.

I want you."

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Sherlock Holmes

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  June Watson

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Alexander Bell


5wrong_oooopscowboy.gif (2872 bytes) Who said:"Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote.  The relative positions to be assumed by men and women in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours." z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Al Bundy

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)   Will Rogers

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes) Phyllis Schafly

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)   President Cleveland


6 What war veteran, who never received our Nation's Highest Award for Military heroism, often said:

"I would rather have the blue band of the Medal of Honor around my neck, than to be the President."

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  George S. Patton

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Harry S Truman

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Theodore Roosevelt


7 What great soldier and leader established peace with the words:

"I will fight no more forever"

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  George Washington

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Robert E. Lee

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Chief Joseph


8 Where is the Biblical incription found stating:

"Proclaim Liberty throughout all the Land unto all the inhabitants thereof."

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Statue of Liberty

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Our Capitol Building

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Liberty Bell


9 Who summed up the job of the President this way:

"I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the president is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs, and bring tourists to town."

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Will Rogers

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  President Taft

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes) Ronald Reagan


10 Who summed up the United States with the words:

"There is more space where nobody is than where anybody is.   This is what makes America what it is."

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Ernest Hemmingway

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)   F. Scott Fitzgerald

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  William Faulkner

z_icon_ckbox.gif (289 bytes)  Gertrude Stein


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