John Kennedy
"But why, some say, the Moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?...We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." Full speech here.
John Kennedy
"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
Abraham Lincoln
"Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the Earth."
Ronald Reagan
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Benjamin Harrison
"I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process."
William Howard Taft
"We are all imperfect. We cannot expect a perfect government."
George W. Bush
"Terrorists can knock down our tallest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America."
Abraham Lincoln
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Ronald Reagan
"Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer."
Thomas Jefferson
"We're all Republicans. We're all Federalists." (like saying today, "We're all Republicans. We're all Democrats." We're in it together.)