1. From which speech is this? “It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’” Martin Luther King, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” Martin Luther King, “I Have a Dream” Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet” Barbara Jordan, “Speech at the Democratic National Convention”

2. “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” Mario Cuomo, “Keynote Speech at the Democratic National Convention” Ronald Reagan, “1981 Inaugural Address” John F. Kennedy, “Inaugural Address” Franklin D. Roosevelt, “1933 Inaugural Address”

3. “So first of all let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “First Inaugural Address” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “War Message” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “First Fireside Chat” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “Arsenal of Democracy”

4. “Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger. With confidence in our armed forces—with the unbounding determination of our people—we will gain the inevitable triumph—so help us God.” Ronald Reagan, “Speech to the National Evangelical Association” Woodrow Wilson, “War Address” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “War Address” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “The Four Freedoms”

5. “One hundred and forty-four years ago, members of the Democratic Party first met in convention to select a Presidential candidate. Since that time, Democrats have continued to convene once every four years and draft a party platform and nominate a Presidential candidate. And our meeting this week is a continuation of that tradition. But there is something different about tonight. There is something special about tonight. What is different? What is special?” Jesse Jackson, “'The Rainbow Coalition' Speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention” Geraldine Ferraro, “Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention” Barbara Jordan, “Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention” Mario Cuomo, “Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention”

6. “And you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog, and I just want to say this, right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep it.” Richard M. Nixon, “My Side of the Story” Barbara Bush, “Commencement Speech at Wellesley College” Barry Goldwater, “Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention" Barbara Bush, "A Tribute to Millie"

7. “This is part of what’s wrong with you -- you do too much singing. Today it’s time to stop singing and start swinging. You can’t sing up on freedom, but you can swing up on some freedom. Cassius Clay can sing, but singing didn’t help him to become the heavy-weight champion of the world -- swinging helped him become the heavy-weight champion." Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet” Louis Farrakhan, “Speech at the Million Man March” Jesse Jackson, “Speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention” Stokely Carmichael, “Black Power”

8. “We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth’ to ‘touch the face of God.’” Richard Nixon, “Speech to the Nation on the Cambodian Incursion” Ronald Reagan, “Address to the Nation after the Challenger Disaster” Douglas MacArthur, “Farewell Address to U.S. Military Academy” Bill Clinton, “Speech at the Prayer Service for the Victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing”

9. “I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish — where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches or any other ecclesiastical source — where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials — and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all.” John F. Kennedy, “Speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association” Adlai Stevenson, “Acceptance Speech at Democratic National Convention” Ronald Reagan, “Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals” Mario Cuomo, “Religious Beliefs and Public Morality”

10. “What happened in Selma is part of a far larger movement which reaches into every section and state of America. It is the effort of American negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American life. Their cause must be our cause too. Because it’s not just negroes but really it’s all of us who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice.” John F. Kennedy, “Address to the Nation on Civil Rights” Lyndon B. Johnson, “Address to Congress on the Civil Rights Act” Richard M. Nixon, “The Great Silent Majority” Robert F. Kennedy, “Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.”