1960s

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.

I Have a Dream · 1963

★ 9.9

Neil Armstrong

1969

★ 9.5

Song · Protest music · Folk music

For the loser now will be later to win, For the times they are a-changin'.

The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) · 1964

★ 9.2

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

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy · 1961

★ 9.0

Interview

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

Muhammad Ali

1964

★ 9.0

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low; the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

I Have a Dream · 1963

★ 8.6

Open letter · Letter

Letter from Birmingham Jail · 1963

★ 8.6

I have also decided to stick with love...hate is too great a burden to bear.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

Where Do We Go From Here? · 1967

★ 8.5

I can't get no satisfaction, I can't get no girl reaction.

1967

★ 8.0

Song · Rock music

The Rolling Stones

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction · 1965

★ 7.9

Song · Pop music

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

John Lennon

Give Peace a Chance · 1969

★ 7.6

Song · Protest music · Folk music

Come mothers and fathers, Throughout the land And don't criticize What you can't understand.

How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home A complete unknown Like a rolling stone?

The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) · 1964

★ 7.6

Song · Folk music · Folk rock

I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong.

Like a Rolling Stone · 1965

★ 7.5

Press conference

Muhammad Ali

1967

★ 7.4

Film · Spy (film) · Thriller (film) · Spy · Thriller

Just a drink. A martini, shaken, not stirred.

James Bond

Goldfinger · 1964

★ 7.4

Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

Muhammad Ali

1963

★ 7.3

Song · Protest music · Folk music

The order is rapidly fadin' And the first one now will later be last For the times they are a-changin'.

The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) · 1965

★ 7.3

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir... America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.

When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

I Have a Dream · 1963

★ 7.3

Speech

I Have a Dream · 1963

★ 7.3