Who Said It Quiz

1. Which Ghanaian independence leader famously urged, “Seek ye first the political kingdom and all things shall be added unto you”?

2. After being ordered to leave the Philippines during World War II, which commander made the pledge “I shall return”?

3. In a 1963 United Nations address later echoed in Bob Marley’s “War,” who condemned the philosophy that holds one race superior and another inferior?

4. At the Rivonia Trial, an anti-apartheid defendant said a democratic and free society was “an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” Who was he?

5. At midnight as India became independent in 1947, who spoke of a “tryst with destiny”?

6. Amid the Great Depression, which leader told his nation that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”?

7. Who urged Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country”?

8. Which U.S. president described democracy as “government of the people, by the people, for the people” in the Gettysburg Address?

9. Standing near the Brandenburg Gate in 1987, who challenged the Soviet leader with “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”?

10. Who contrasted political participation with armed resistance in the 1964 speech known as “The Ballot or the Bullet”?

11. After a rapid Roman victory at Zela, which commander summarized his success with the words translated as “I came, I saw, I conquered”?

12. Addressing troops at Tilbury during the Spanish Armada crisis, who said, “I have the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king”?

13. In a 1946 speech about postwar Europe, who said that “an iron curtain has descended across the Continent”?

14. Who declared, “I have a dream,” during the 1963 March on Washington?

15. During India’s 1942 independence campaign, who gave followers the mantra “Do or Die”?

16. A revolutionary writing about armed struggle stated, “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” Who was the author?