"We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this..."

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal."

"...that we 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 they government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall..."

"All persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforth, and forever free..."

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

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

This document states that any attempt by European powers to establish colonies or overthrow newly independent republics in the Western Hemisphere would be considered "dangerous to our peace and safety"

This document created a civil government in which democratic principles were put into action to create, "just and equal laws...for the good of the colony."

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the teaming refuse of your wretched shore...I lift my lamp beside the golden door."

"...to make the world safe for democracy."

"Let every nation know, whether it wish us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."

"Give me liberty or give me death!"

"People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook, I've earned everything I've got.