Famous Quotes in US History, Part I

“He who does not work shall not eat.”

• William Bradford

• Jonathan Winthrop

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

“For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill.”

• William Bradford

• Jonathan Winthrop

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

“Give me Liberty or give me death!”

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

“Shot heard round the world.”

• William Prescot

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

“Remember the Ladies.”

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Susan B. Anthony

• Abigail Adams

“These are the times that try men’s souls.”

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

“We must all hang together, or we shall surely all hang separately.”

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ben Franklin

• John Adams

• Nathan Hale

“We, the people in order to form a more perfect union"

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Northwest Ordinance

“The people who own the country ought to govern it.”

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• John Jay

“Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute!” War-rally cry against France from the

• Genet affair

• XYZ Affair

• French Revolution

• American Revolution