Quotable US President Trivia
We may (or may not) know who the winner of the US Presidential election, we can look back at past Presidents and their words (for good or ill). How well do you know these people and the words they've left behind.
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Hey gang, happy Wednesday.
This is episode 93 of the dorky
geeky nerdy trivia podcast.
I'm your host Brian Rollins.
Yesterday, the US had its
presidential election.
Now, we may or may not know the
outcome by today but even so we
thought it might be fun to look
back at the words of past
presidents.
That's right.
It's a quotables episode.
I give you the quote, you tell
me which US president said it
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A challenging episode.
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So let's get started.
The dorky round number one.
Change will not come if we wait
for some other person or some
other time, we are the ones
we've been waiting for.
We are the change that we seek.
Barack Obama.
Number two Liberty.
When it begins to take root is a
plant of rapid growth.
George Washington.
Number three.
Read my lips.
No new taxes.
George h.w.
Bush.
Number four, the only thing we
have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin Roosevelt.
Number five and so my fellow
Americans, ask not what your
country can do for you, ask what
you can do for your country.
John F, Kennedy.
Number 6, whatever the verdict
on my presidency uncomfortable
with the fact that I won't be
around to hear it.
That's a decision Point.
Only history will reach.
George w--, Bush.
Number 7.
Blessed are the young for they
shall inherit the national debt?
Herbert Hoover.
Number 8, no man is above the
law, and no man is below it.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Number 9, a man is not finished
when he is defeated, he's
finished when he quits.
Richard Nixon.
Number 10, the point is, you
can't be too greedy.
Donald Trump.
The geeky round number one.
I cannot live without books.
Thomas Jefferson.
Number two, if we do not lay out
ourselves in the service of
mankind, whom should we serve?
John Adams. number three, if you
seen one Redwood, you've seen
them all Ronald Reagan.
Number four, may we never
confuse honest descent with
disloyal subversion.
Dwight Eisenhower.
Number five, never take counsel
of your fears.
Andrew Jackson.
Number 6, you cannot escape the
responsibility of Tomorrow by
evading it today.
Abraham Lincoln.
Number 7, it's not doing what is
right?
That's hard for a president,
it's knowing what is right?
Lyndon Johnson.
Number 8, if men make war in
slavish, obedience to rules,
they will fail.
Ulysses.
S Grant.
Number nine War should never be
entered upon until every agency
of Peace has failed.
William McKinley.
Number 10, The Ballot Box is the
surest Arbiter of disputes among
free men.
James Buchanan.
The nerdy round number one.
America did not invent human
rights in a very real sense.
Human rights invented America.
Jimmy Carter.
Number two, America does not go
abroad in search of monsters to
destroy.
John Quincy Adams.
Number three, honor lies in
honest toil.
Grover, Cleveland.
Number four intense feeling too.
Often obscures the truth.
Harry S Truman.
Number 5, preparation.
For war is a constant stimulus
to suspicion and ill will.
James Monroe.
Number six, I'll be damned if
I'm not getting tired of this.
It seems to be the profession of
a president simply to hear other
people talk William Howard Taft.
Number seven frequently, the
more trifling the subject, the
more animated and protracted the
discussion.
Franklin, Pierce.
Number 8.
I know enough of the family life
of officers, I scarcely know my
own children or they me Zachary
Taylor.
Number nine.
The government should not be
guided by temporary excitement
but by sober second thought.
Martin van Buren.
Number 10 truth is the glue that
holds government together.
Gerald Ford.
And that's it for this episode.
I hope it was interesting and
informative.
It was our first Real World,
quotables episode.
So let us know what you think
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your choice will be back next
week with more trivia fun.
Here's your clue.
What was the highest grossing
film of 1983?
It made over three times.
As much as the second place
movie Terms of Endearment.
I promised we'd be back for more
of it, didn't I This has been
episode 93 of the dorky geeky.
Nerdy trivia podcast.
The music was by Jason Shaw, I'm
your host.
Brian Rollins.
Thanks for listening and stay
safe.



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