Famous Quotes from Historical Figures

“Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.”

“I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”

“We shall either free India or die in the attempt; we shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery.”

“I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.”

“we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”

“Veni, vidi, vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered.)”

“I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.”

“"All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." This immortal statement was made in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America in 1776.”

“Peace at home, peace in the world.”

“Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.”

“Observe good faith and justice toward all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all.”

“that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

“Failure is impossible.”

“¡Hasta la victoria siempre! (Ever onward to victory!)”

“We have known how to face dangers to obtain our liberty, we shall know how to brave death to maintain it.”

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.”

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked.”

“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

“It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.”

“I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.”

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

“I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”

“The Nobel Prize had drawn the attention of the world to the struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma. We were not going to be forgotten.”

“We are deeply proud of our struggle, because it was just and noble and indispensable in putting an end to the humiliating bondage forced upon us.”

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”

“I bring the fraternal greetings of a country covering 274,000 square kilometres, where 7 million men, women and children refuse henceforth to die of ignorance, hunger and thirst.”

“Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.”

“When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.”

“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril.”