Second Opinion

December 13, 2005

Multiple Choice - One does not fit

Of the following quotes -one does not fit. Select it and tell why it does not fit.

A. "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country. . . . We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in." — Thomas Paine, "The American Crisis," 1776-1777

B. "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." — U.S. Grant, May 11, 1864

C. "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never . . . ." — Winston Churchill, Oct. 29, 1941

D. "In war there is no substitute for victory." — Douglas MacArthur, April 19, 1951

E. "Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women." — Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1981

F. "The idea that we're going to win this war is an idea that unfortunately is just plain wrong." — Howard Dean, chairman, Democratic National Committee, Dec. 5, 2005

30 Comments:

  • I think E does not fit because all the other quotes are talking about winning a war. I don't know what an arsenal is though.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, December 28, 2005 6:49:00 PM  

  • I think F doesn't fit because all of the others talk about how you can't give up and that they are going to try and win the war. F says that the idea that we are going to win is wrong. He just wants to give up.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:07:00 AM  

  • I think that letter F does not fit. Thr reason I think that is because all of the other ones are talking about how they don't want to give up the war. Letter F talks about winning the war is just wrong.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:17:00 AM  

  • I think E, Ronald Reagan's quote, is wrong. His quote talks about the will and moral courage of free men and women. While all of the other quotes are talking about war,never giving up, and victory.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:18:00 AM  

  • I don't think F fits. All of the others are talking about winning the war. F they have doughts in themselfs and the others are real strong about it.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:18:00 AM  

  • i think that letter F does not fit. All of the others talk about fighting and winning the war and all F says is that this war is a waste of time and that they should give up now and not fight at all.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:19:00 AM  

  • E does not fit because it does not talk about the war. It talk about that weapons are not about the world. So that is why it is different than the others. That is what I think.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:20:00 AM  

  • I don't think F fits. All the other ones are talking about giving and F is talkin about winning and giving up so therefore it doesn't fit.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:21:00 AM  

  • yes i agree with ugtwirlgirl2010 f does not fit in because all of the other ones are about winning the wars not loseing

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:23:00 AM  

  • I think it is E. Because Ronald Reagans qoute is talking about morals and guns. The rest of the quotes talks about war and voctorious wins.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:27:00 AM  

  • Ithink E does not fit because it dont talk about the war and thats why Ithink E

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:27:00 AM  

  • I personally dont think that E fits because it is talking about an arsnal! All of the rest are talking about winning all of the wars and like they dwilol be willing to go all year to fight for their country!!So I disagree with E totally!!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:30:00 AM  

  • I think that It is letter C. because It looks like theas are famouse speaches from famouse people but never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never,sounds like someone screaming other a speach. that is what I think

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:35:00 AM  

  • I think that E does not fit. E is talking about moral support of free men and women not about the war that is going on. A,B,C,D,and F are all about victory, honor, patriotism, and never giving up in battle. I think that Ronald Reagan's quote is not correct in this instance.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:44:00 AM  

  • F does not fit. I think this because the others are stating how u cannot give up and try to win the war. Letter F says that winning the war is wrong, so pretty much what he is saying is that he wants to give up.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:52:00 AM  

  • I think A. does not fit because it is talking about Texas History. Thomas Paine wrote the Common Sense.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:53:00 AM  

  • I think that letter F. is the one becase everyone of the others are not wanting to lose the war but F. is saying that winning the war would just be down right wrong.that doesnt make sense

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:58:00 AM  

  • I think that letter A doesn't fit. The reason why is because Thomas Paine didn't write that quote, he wrote Common Sense.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:33:00 AM  

  • I think F does not fit because it talks about giving up and that we won't win. All the others talk about staying in the war.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:34:00 AM  

  • I think that letter A doesn't fit. The reason why is because Thomas Paine didn't write that quote, he wrote Common Sense.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:34:00 AM  

  • I think that E does not fit because it just dosent go along with what the other choices seem to be saying. I realy cant describe how exactly it doesent relate because I dont understand what arsenal means, but for the most part it does not seem as I said before, to go along with the others.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:35:00 AM  

  • I think d. there is no substitute for victory is wrong. I think it is wrong because there is a substitute. You could LOSE!!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:35:00 AM  

  • I think that F is the one that does not fit. I think it's F because the other talk about the war and what goes on in the war. Also they talk about how we are going to win the war. But F says that it is wrong to think that we are going to win the war.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:37:00 AM  

  • I think that A does not fit because this quote is not talking about winning the war or battle like the rest of the quotes it is talking about fighting for what you beleive and your country.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:39:00 AM  

  • I think e does not fit because it is talking about an arsenal weapon in the arsenal and the others are talking about war. A is about freeing another country. B,C,and D are about never giving up. F, I think, has givin up all hope of winning this war.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:39:00 AM  

  • It is c becaus all of the other are talking about war and it is not.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:39:00 AM  

  • I think just that E does not fit, Because,The other quotes are talking about winning a war and it is not.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 11:57:00 AM  

  • Personally, I do not think that F. fits. I believe this way because, all of the other answer choices talk about winning the war. These choices have a positive perspective, while F. has a negative perspective. F. apparently believes we shouldn't win the war, and that it is a waste of our time. He is, of course, a democrat. Now, I'm not trying to diss the democrats, but if you haven't noticed, all democrats are trying to do is point fingers to blame someone for the New Orleans disaster.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:08:00 PM  

  • E does not fit because it does not talk about the war. It talk about that weapons are not about the world. So that is why I thank it is different than the all of them . that what I no

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:14:00 PM  

  • Honestly, I think that "F" does not fit in with the other quotes. "F" is talking about how we really have no chance in the war and that we should pretty much just give up. In the other quotes they are only talking about how they will never give up on our country and that our freedom is very important. We really need people in this world like that right now so they can tell those democrats that it not always about their opinion.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, January 04, 2006 4:23:00 PM  

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