Did They Actually Say It?

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Did They Actually Say It?

Many of our most famous presidential quotations are misattributed or invented. Identify the three accurate quotes from the seven listed below and identify the president who said them.

Quotes

1. “You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you can not fool all the people all the time.”

2. “When I need a little free advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music.”

3. “To the victors belong the spoils.”

4. “A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”

5. “That government is best which governs least.”

6. “Prosperity is just around the corner.”

7. “All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.”

Presidents

Engraved portrait of an older man with swept-back white hair, shown in an oval frame wearing a dark coat, high collar, and cravat.
Black-and-white oval portrait of a man in a suit, vest, and tie, with short combed hair, in an engraved or halftone print style. Engraved oval portrait of an older man with wild, swept-back white hair, wearing a dark high-collared coat with his arm tucked inside, in the style of Andrew Jackson. Engraved portrait of Thomas Jefferson, head and shoulders, in a high-collared coat with his hair powdered and tied back in the style of the early 19th century.

A. William Henry Harrison

B. Herbert Hoover

C. Andrew Jackson

D. Thomas Jefferson

A clean-shaven, young Abraham Lincoln in profile, wearing a dark coat and bow tie, in an oval-framed sepia-toned studio portrait.

Engraved portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, facing forward in a suit with round wire-frame glasses and a bushy mustache.

Black-and-white oval portrait of a smiling man in a suit and striped tie, rendered in a dotted halftone print style.

E. Abraham Lincoln

F. Theodore Roosevelt

G. George Bush

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Quotes

1. “You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you can not fool all the people all the time.” 2. “When I need a little free advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music.” 3. “To the victors belong the spoils.” 4. “A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.” 5. “That government is best which governs least.” 6. “Prosperity is just around the corner.” 7. “All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.”

Presidents


A. William Henry Harrison	B. Herbert Hoover	C. Andrew Jackson	D. Thomas Jefferson