John F. Kennedy Quote

“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage—and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those… Continue reading John F. Kennedy Quote

Helen Keller Quote

“Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought. Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder. Strike against preparedness that means death and misery to millions of human beings. Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.” —… Continue reading Helen Keller Quote

Abraham Lincoln Quote

“It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us …”  — Abraham Lincoln Source: November 19, 1865 speech known as The Gettysburg… Continue reading Abraham Lincoln Quote

Abraham Lincoln Quote

“The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here.” — Abraham Lincoln Source: November 19, 1865 speech known as The Gettysburg Address, delivered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA. (Bliss copy)

Abraham Lincoln Quote

“But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow, this ground. The brave men living and dead who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.” — Abraham Lincoln Source: November 19, 1865 speech known as The Gettysburg Address, delivered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,… Continue reading Abraham Lincoln Quote

Abraham Lincoln Quote

“We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live.” — Abraham Lincoln Source: November 19, 1865 speech known as The Gettysburg Address, delivered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA. (Bliss copy)

Abraham Lincoln Quote

“We are met on a great battlefield of that war.” — Abraham Lincoln Source: November 19, 1865 speech known as The Gettysburg Address, delivered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA. (Bliss copy)

Abraham Lincoln Quote

“Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.” — Abraham Lincoln Source: November 19, 1865 speech known as The Gettysburg Address, delivered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA. (Bliss copy)