THE MAGIC OF ANTITHESIS
Read these five famous, popular quotations. What makes them so memorable and quotable?
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
– Neil Armstrong, on first stepping on the moon, July 1969
Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.
– John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 1961
Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.
– John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 1961
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
– Popular saying
Do not let us speak of darker days; let us speak of sterner days. These are not dark days: they are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.
– Winston Churchill, address, Harrow School, October 1941
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