Famous Quotes From American History

Nathan Hale, just prior to being hanged by the British after they discovered him spying for the revolutionary government:

                    "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."

Admiral David Farragut, upon encountering a command detonated mine in Mobile Bay during the Civil War:

                    "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."

President John Kennedy, in his inaugural speech in 1961:

                    "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country."

Neil Armstrong, upon setting foot on the moon in 1969:

                    "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"

Washington DC Mayor Mayor Marion Barry, upon being arrested for crack cocaine possession in 1990:

                   "The bitch set me up! The bitch set me up!"

 

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