There are hundreds of world-renowned and famous quotes, both fictional and non-fictional. How well do you know quotes made by famous Americans? Take our quiz to find out!
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Who said the following? Do one thing every day that scares you.
Eleanor Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
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Who said the following? Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
George Bush Sr.
Herbert Hoover
George Washington
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Who said the following? Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
Nathan Hale
Gloria Steinem
Mark Twain
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Who said the following? The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Benjamin Franklin
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Who said the following? Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
John Adams
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Who said the following? I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Nathan Hale
Patrick Henry
Andrew Johnson
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Who said the following? I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Clarence Darrow
Calvin Coolidge
Nathan Hale
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Who said the following? The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
Andrew Jackson
Barack Obama
Frederick Douglass
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Who said the following? And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Who said the following? This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
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Who said the following? Four score and seven years ago...
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
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Who said the following? Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
Quotes are tough, for sure. They're not all as easy as "four score and seven years ago" (we sure hope you got that one!) so its understandable that you wouldn't do super well. It's not a call to go back to school or anything, history just isn't for everyone.
C+, American Apprentice
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Right!
You might not have gotten all of them, but you got a significant portion. You're not at quite the level of say, a history professor, but you probably know as much or more than a majority of the American population. Good work!
B+, History Giant
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You sure know your United States history. Some of these quotes were pretty tough (not everything is iconic as "Four score"), but you nailed almost all of them. Kudos! What are you, a history professor or something?
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1
Who said the following? Do one thing every day that scares you.
Eleanor Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
2
Who said the following? Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
George Bush Sr.
Herbert Hoover
George Washington
3
Who said the following? Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
Nathan Hale
Gloria Steinem
Mark Twain
4
Who said the following? The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Benjamin Franklin
5
Who said the following? Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
John Adams
6
Who said the following? I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Nathan Hale
Patrick Henry
Andrew Johnson
7
Who said the following? I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Clarence Darrow
Calvin Coolidge
Nathan Hale
8
Who said the following? The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
Andrew Jackson
Barack Obama
Frederick Douglass
9
Who said the following? And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Who said the following? This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
11
Who said the following? Four score and seven years ago...
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
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Who said the following? Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
