Quotes
For instance, [Trump] mentioned "America first" several times, yet did not always tie it back to specific actions consistently,
We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom,
John F. Kennedy said in 1961 We are all Republicans; we serve all Federalists,
Thomas Jefferson said a few months after the vicious election of 1800 A radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens,
Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword as was said three thousand years ago, ... so still it must be said ‘the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.'"
the Great Emancipator declared So let us act, ... that neither picture, or apple shall ever be blurred, or bruised or broken. That we may so act, we must study, and understand the points of danger."
Lincoln admonished all American citizens then living and in the future The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race,
is how Chief Justice Roberts phrased it more than a decade ago in a crucial Supreme Court decision, and that belief is the essence of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as amended: The expression of that principle, ... Without this, as well as with it, we could have declared our independence of Great Britain; but without it, we could not, I think, have secured our free government, and consequent prosperity. No oppressed people will fight and endure, as our fathers did, without the promise of something better than a mere change of masters."
asserted Lincoln, ... Our greatest president continued The assertion of that principle, ... at that time, was the word, ‘fitly spoke’ which has proved an ‘apple of gold’ to us. The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was made, not to conceal, or destroy the apple; but to adorn, and preserve it. The picture was made for the apple---not the apple for the picture."
We will forge a policy that is color blind and merit based."
President Trump’s Second Inaugural address had at its core the crucial promise In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem
Trump could quote Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural address It is a dedication and consecration under God to the highest office in service of our people,
Hoover said during his address Ten years ago, the internet was the mystical province of physicists; today, it is a commonplace encyclopedia for millions of schoolchildren,
Clinton said during his inaugural address Almost 200 years ago, at the first inaugural, people came by stagecoach. This time, people all over America, millions of people, are attending this one by satellite,
Reagan said during a ball at the Washington Hilton Hotel We have always understood that when times change, so must we,
Barack Obama said at his second inaugural address in 2013. Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country,
Kennedy famously said during his inauguration speech The world is watching all of us today. So, here is my message to those beyond our borders: America has been tested, and we have come out stronger for it,
Biden said during his address We must think big and dream even bigger,
Trump said during his first inaugural address in 2017.
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