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.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy · 1961

★ 9.0

Interview

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

For of those to whom much is given, much is required.

How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man?... The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind.

1961

★ 7.2

Song · Folk music

Blowin' in the Wind · 1963

★ 7.1

Ich bin ein Berliner.

Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand.

1963

★ 7.1

Film · Prison drama (film) · Drama (film) · Prison drama · Drama

Luke

Cool Hand Luke · 1967

★ 7.1

Song · Film · Musical (film) · Drama (film) · Musical · Drama

When the dog bites, When the bee stings, When I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things, And then I don't feel so bad.

Maria (The Sound of Music)

The Sound of Music · 1965

★ 7.1

Sermon

We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be.

1968

★ 7.1

Essay

James Baldwin

1961

★ 7.0

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy · 1961

★ 7.0

Charles de Gaulle

1962

★ 7.0

Song

I was born by the river In a little tent And just like the river I've been runnin' ever since It's been a long, a long time comin' But I know a change gon' come.

Sam Cooke

A Change Is Gonna Come · 1964

★ 7.0

If he had lost Walter Cronkite he had lost Mr. Average Citizen.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1968

★ 7.0

Comic book

With great power there must also come-great responsibility!

Stan Lee

Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider Man) · 1962

★ 7.0

Interview

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

Che Guevara

1967

★ 7.0

Film · Drama (film) · Drama

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

Atticus Finch

To Kill a Mockingbird · 1962

★ 6.9