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Quotable US President Trivia

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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 simple setup button. A challenging episode. If you're new here, welcome. We're a weekly trivia podcast that gives you 30 questions and their answers, think of us as your own private bar trivia game - the cover charge and drink minimum. Okay? Looks like Air Force. One is fueled up and ready to fly. 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 you can find us at dorky geeky nerdy.com from there. You can contact us or visit us on the social media platform of 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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