Famous Speeches
Instructions: Match famous quotes and speeches to their speakers — how well do you know history's greatest orators?
- 1.
Who said 'I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin'?
AMalcolm XBMartin Luther King Jr.CFrederick DouglassDJesse Jackson - 2.
Who declared 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'?
AWinston ChurchillBTheodore RooseveltCJohn F. KennedyDFranklin D. Roosevelt - 3.
Who said 'Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country'?
AJohn F. KennedyBBarack ObamaCRonald ReaganDAbraham Lincoln - 4.
Who said 'We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds... we shall never surrender'?
AWinston ChurchillBFranklin RooseveltCCharles de GaulleDDwight Eisenhower - 5.
Who proclaimed 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'?
AAlan ShepardBBuzz AldrinCNeil ArmstrongDJohn Glenn - 6.
Who said 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!'?
AJimmy CarterBGeorge H.W. BushCMargaret ThatcherDRonald Reagan - 7.
Who said 'Give me liberty, or give me death!'?
AThomas JeffersonBSamuel AdamsCPatrick HenryDBenjamin Franklin - 8.
Who said 'I came, I saw, I conquered' (Veni, vidi, vici)?
AAlexander the GreatBAugustusCNapoleon BonaparteDJulius Caesar - 9.
Who said 'Ich bin ein Berliner' (I am a Berliner)?
ARonald ReaganBJohn F. KennedyCWilly BrandtDKonrad Adenauer - 10.
Who delivered the Gettysburg Address beginning 'Four score and seven years ago'?
AGeorge WashingtonBAbraham LincolnCUlysses S. GrantDAndrew Johnson - 11.
Who said 'The ballot is stronger than the bullet'?
AMahatma GandhiBNelson MandelaCAbraham LincolnDSusan B. Anthony - 12.
Who said 'Be the change that you wish to see in the world'?
AMahatma GandhiBDalai LamaCNelson MandelaDMother Teresa - 13.
Who said 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal'?
AJohn AdamsBBenjamin FranklinCThomas JeffersonDJames Madison - 14.
Who said 'That which does not kill us makes us stronger'?
AFriedrich NietzscheBSigmund FreudCAlbert EinsteinDAristotle - 15.
Who said 'A woman is like a tea bag — you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water'?
AMargaret ThatcherBRosa ParksCEleanor RooseveltDAmelia Earhart
Answer Key
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
FDR spoke these words during his first inaugural address on March 4, 1933, during the depths of the Great Depression.
JFK delivered this famous line during his inaugural address on January 20, 1961.
Winston Churchill delivered this defiant speech to Parliament on June 4, 1940, after the evacuation of Dunkirk.
Neil Armstrong spoke these words as he became the first person to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Ronald Reagan made this demand at the Berlin Wall on June 12, 1987. The wall came down two years later in 1989.
Patrick Henry delivered this impassioned plea for American independence in 1775, helping convince Virginia to join the Revolution.
Julius Caesar reportedly said this in 47 BC after a quick victory at the Battle of Zela.
JFK declared solidarity with West Berlin in this 1963 speech, delivered in German to a crowd of 450,000.
Abraham Lincoln delivered the brief but powerful Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln made this statement emphasizing the power of democratic voting over violence.
This quote is widely attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India's nonviolent independence movement.
Thomas Jefferson wrote these words in the Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776.
Friedrich Nietzsche wrote this famous aphorism in 'Twilight of the Idols' in 1888.
This quote is attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, who served as First Lady and later as a UN delegate and human rights champion.