AP Lang Frq 3 Useful Historical Quotes

"Shower what sufferings you like upon us, we will calmly endure all and not hurt a hair upon your body"

"The consequence [of violence] is not the progress of a nation but its decline"

"No clapping is possible without two hands to do it, and no quarrel without two persons to make it"

"The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must, therefore, entertain new ideas and form new opinions"

Can a wretch who wanders about, who works and starves, whose life is a continual scene of sore affliction of pinching penury—can that man call England or any other kingdom his country?"

"They [immigrants/emigrants] have taken root and flourished"

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” 

“Everything in any way beautiful has its beauty of itself, inherent and self-sufficient: praise is no part of it. At any rate, praise does not make anything better or worse.”

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”

“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”

“It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs.”

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”

“Main is free at the moment he wishes to be”

“It is often safer to be in chains than to be free”

“Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear”

“Literally and truly, one cannot get on well in the world without money”

“To be in want of it, is to pass through life with little credit or pleasure”

“If you or your parents are immigrants, know that you are part of a proud American tradition—the infusion of new cultures, talents, and ideas, generation after generation, that has made us the greatest country on earth”

“You have to do your part to preserve and protect those freedoms”

“But with a lot of hard work and a good education, anything is possible.”

“My identity was forged and closely nurtured by my family through our shared experiences and traditions”

“America has a deeply confused image of itself that is in perpetual tension”

“I think that individual voices are not as strong as community voices. If we can make a community of voices, then we can speak more truth”

“A prince must not worry about the infamy of being considered cruel when it is a matter of keeping his subjects united and loyal”

“Men are less hesitant about injuring someone who makes himself feared”

“rules and models destory genius and art”

“And first he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men and other objects in the water, and then the objects themselves”

“He would felicitate himself on the change, and pity them(those still in the cave)”

“Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection”

“justice too long delayed is justice denied”

"“Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider.”

“privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.”

“This ‘wait’ has almost always meant "never."

“Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue

“What is the price-current of an honest man and patriot today? They hesitate, and they regret, and sometimes they petition; but they do nothing in earnest and with effect.”