American History Quotes

"Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth." "The constitution is the guide which I never will abandon" "The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves." "I grew up in a segregated America; I know what it feels like to be held down." "Ask the SCLC about John Lewis and I'll tell you the story of how someone who not only served as the conscience of our country but literally shed his blood in the struggle for the soul of America" "If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn’t have declared their independence from it." "For more than 200 years, our democracy has been distinguished by the peaceful transfer of power" "Families are always rising and falling in America."