Which is your favorite historic phrase?

Question

The mine is...

"Colombians the guns have given you the independence, but only the laws will give you the freedom"

Francisco de Paula Santander - Congress of Cúcuta

Thanks for your answers,

Ricardo Ramírez
Cúcuta, Colombia

Answer 1

"My Dear McClellan,
If you are not using the army, I should like to borrow it for a while.
Yours respectfully,
Abraham Lincoln"

I've always thought the above (a letter from President Lincoln to a slow-moving General George McClellan) was a wonderful example of Abe's dry wit.

Answer 2

this is mine, I know its not a phrase but a speach . I seen mike wallace interview the leader of china, and the leader of china recited the address, and I was embarased for my self, being an american and not being able to recite it like he did
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. 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. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

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. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. 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–that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion–that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain–that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom–and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Answer 3

"Give me German Officers, British Tanks, and Australian Troops, and I would rule the world...."
-General Erich Ludendorf, August 8th, 1918.
He made this quote at the Battle of Amiens, upon witnessing Australian infantry of the 2nd and 3rd divisions, ably supported by Canadian infantry (1,2,3 divs) and British infantry and tanks (18,58 divs) pour through the German lines and move up 4000 yards within two hours of the start of their attack.
The Australians were positioned at the centre, and were faced with gas (which actually provided cover) and heavy machine gun fire.
Despite rugged German resistance, the Australians took more ground in three hours than any force had taken in the previous four years. The third phase was meant to be primarily made by tanks, but the Australians advanced so rapidly, that they outpaced the tanks, and pressed the attack on foot. By the end of the day, the Australians were 7 miles forward of their start, and the Canadians 8 miles in.
As an Australian, I feel that it is one of the greatest honours our army has had bestowed upon it, by someone who really knew war.
He later described that day as the "blackest day of the German Army."

Answer 4

("General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate!)

Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

This is my favorite historic phrase, said by Ronald Reagan in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, Germany, on June 12, 1987. Two years later, it really opened.
I am German, so this quote is really iimportant to me and the German history.

Answer 5

"I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their tired bodies, education and culture for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and non-violent redemptive goodwill will proclaim the rule of the land 'and the lion and the lamb shall lie down together and every man shall sit under his own vine and fig tree and none shall be afraid.' I still believe that we shall overcome."

Martin Luther King, Jr.


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Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 6

"I am death, destroyer of worlds," Oppenheimer after the Trinity detonation

Answer 7

"Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit." ~H.G. Wells

Answer 8

put your john hancock here

Answer 9

"Give me liberty or give me death." ---Patrick Henry