Previous Quotes of the Day
3/17 & 3/18
How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and civil liberties. - Roger Stone
3/6 & 3/7
America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people. -Nancy Pelosi
3/4 & 3/5
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. - Malcolm X
2/28 & 3/3
"We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution."- Charles Evans Hughes
2/18 & 2/19
"My failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent." - Ulysses S. Grant
2/13 & 2/14
"They've got a right to try to override any veto that I make. That's the way the Constitution works." - Bill Clinton
2/11 & 2/12
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent
revolution inevitable." - John F. Kennedy
2/7 & 2/10
"Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of
laws, not of men." Gerald R. Ford
1/31 & 2/3
"When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal." Richard M. Nixon
1/27 & 1/28
"The buck stops here." Harry S. Truman
1/22 & 1/24
Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than
human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral
system. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
1/17 & 1/20
"This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can
promise the moon and mean it." - David Brinkley
1/15 & 1/16
"Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone
who doesn't grow up can be vice president." - Johnny Carson
1/13 & 1/14
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character give him power." - Lincoln
12/6 & 12/9
"Live your life like you're listening to your own eulogy."
12/4 & 12/5
"If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with without denigrating them or insulting them, then you might actually by heard." - Amy Poehler
12/2 & 12/3
"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it." - Lena Horn
11/25 & 11/26
"The less you want a fellow, the more punctual he's bound to be." - Wodehouse
11/21 & 11/22
"Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man can have." - Arthur Morgan
11/19 & 11/20
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." Greek Proverb
11/15 & 11/18
"Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for its own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts." - Mary Ellen Chase
11/13 & 11/14
"No one wants advice - only corroboration." - Steinbeck
11/11 & 11/12
"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily." - Zig Ziglar
11/7 & 11/8
"He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it." - Seneca
11/5 & 11/6
"You have to start knowing yourself so well that you begin to know other people. A piece of us is in every person we can ever meet." - John MacDonald
11/1 & 11/4
"There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot." - Steven Wright
10/30 & 10/31
"Most travel is best of all in the anticipation or in the remembering the reality has more to do with losing your luggage." - Regina Nodelson10/23 & 10/24
"Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else." -
10/21 & 10/22
"Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home." - Bill Cosby
10/17 & 10/18
"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one and Helen Keller is the other." - Emma Bombeck
10/11 & 10/14
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do" - Henry Ford
10/9 & 10/10
"Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the heck your doing." - Peyton Manning
10/7 & 10/8
"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan." - Eleanor Roosevelt
10/3 & 10/4
"As we account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence." - Ben Franklin
10/1 & 10/2
"In the contest between power and patience, bet on patience." - Prescott
9/27 & 9/30
"If you think going to the moon is hard, try staying at home." - Barbara Cernan
9/25 & 9/26
"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign." Robert Louis Stephenson9/23 & 9/24
9/23 & 9/24
"Just remember, everybody is trying to sell you something." - Mr. Mullins
9/19 & 9/20
"Dig the well before you are thirsty." - Chinese Proverb
9/17 & 9/18
"Morale is self-esteem in action." - Avery Weisman
9/13 & 9/16
"What is moral is what you feel good after." - Hemingway
9/11 & 9/12
"It's not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." - Edward Holloway
9/9 & 9/10
"A lie has speed, but the truth has endurance." - Edgar Mohn
9/5 & 9/6
"You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the win-loss record of the referee." - John Holcomb
9/3 & 9/4
"Romance is about the little things." - Gregory Godeck
8/29 &8/30
"Life is hard. It's harder when you are stupid." - Dave Sinclair
8/27 & 8/28
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
8/23 & 8/26
"It is almost impossible to overestimate the unimportance of most things." - John Logue
8/21 & 8/22
"The will to succeed in important, but what's more important is the will to prepare." - Bobby Knight
8/19 & 8/20
"The important public office is that of the private citizen." - Louis Brandeis
8/15 & 8/16
"Even a snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty." - Stanislaw J. Lee
How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and civil liberties. - Roger Stone
3/6 & 3/7
America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people. -Nancy Pelosi
3/4 & 3/5
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. - Malcolm X
2/28 & 3/3
"We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution."- Charles Evans Hughes
2/18 & 2/19
"My failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent." - Ulysses S. Grant
2/13 & 2/14
"They've got a right to try to override any veto that I make. That's the way the Constitution works." - Bill Clinton
2/11 & 2/12
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent
revolution inevitable." - John F. Kennedy
2/7 & 2/10
"Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of
laws, not of men." Gerald R. Ford
1/31 & 2/3
"When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal." Richard M. Nixon
1/27 & 1/28
"The buck stops here." Harry S. Truman
1/22 & 1/24
Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than
human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral
system. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
1/17 & 1/20
"This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can
promise the moon and mean it." - David Brinkley
1/15 & 1/16
"Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone
who doesn't grow up can be vice president." - Johnny Carson
1/13 & 1/14
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character give him power." - Lincoln
12/6 & 12/9
"Live your life like you're listening to your own eulogy."
12/4 & 12/5
"If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with without denigrating them or insulting them, then you might actually by heard." - Amy Poehler
12/2 & 12/3
"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it." - Lena Horn
11/25 & 11/26
"The less you want a fellow, the more punctual he's bound to be." - Wodehouse
11/21 & 11/22
"Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man can have." - Arthur Morgan
11/19 & 11/20
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." Greek Proverb
11/15 & 11/18
"Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for its own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts." - Mary Ellen Chase
11/13 & 11/14
"No one wants advice - only corroboration." - Steinbeck
11/11 & 11/12
"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily." - Zig Ziglar
11/7 & 11/8
"He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it." - Seneca
11/5 & 11/6
"You have to start knowing yourself so well that you begin to know other people. A piece of us is in every person we can ever meet." - John MacDonald
11/1 & 11/4
"There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot." - Steven Wright
10/30 & 10/31
"Most travel is best of all in the anticipation or in the remembering the reality has more to do with losing your luggage." - Regina Nodelson10/23 & 10/24
"Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else." -
10/21 & 10/22
"Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home." - Bill Cosby
10/17 & 10/18
"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one and Helen Keller is the other." - Emma Bombeck
10/11 & 10/14
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do" - Henry Ford
10/9 & 10/10
"Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the heck your doing." - Peyton Manning
10/7 & 10/8
"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan." - Eleanor Roosevelt
10/3 & 10/4
"As we account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence." - Ben Franklin
10/1 & 10/2
"In the contest between power and patience, bet on patience." - Prescott
9/27 & 9/30
"If you think going to the moon is hard, try staying at home." - Barbara Cernan
9/25 & 9/26
"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign." Robert Louis Stephenson9/23 & 9/24
9/23 & 9/24
"Just remember, everybody is trying to sell you something." - Mr. Mullins
9/19 & 9/20
"Dig the well before you are thirsty." - Chinese Proverb
9/17 & 9/18
"Morale is self-esteem in action." - Avery Weisman
9/13 & 9/16
"What is moral is what you feel good after." - Hemingway
9/11 & 9/12
"It's not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." - Edward Holloway
9/9 & 9/10
"A lie has speed, but the truth has endurance." - Edgar Mohn
9/5 & 9/6
"You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the win-loss record of the referee." - John Holcomb
9/3 & 9/4
"Romance is about the little things." - Gregory Godeck
8/29 &8/30
"Life is hard. It's harder when you are stupid." - Dave Sinclair
8/27 & 8/28
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
8/23 & 8/26
"It is almost impossible to overestimate the unimportance of most things." - John Logue
8/21 & 8/22
"The will to succeed in important, but what's more important is the will to prepare." - Bobby Knight
8/19 & 8/20
"The important public office is that of the private citizen." - Louis Brandeis
8/15 & 8/16
"Even a snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty." - Stanislaw J. Lee
Previous Daily Questions
1st Semester (Last-First)
12/18 & 12/19
How far is to far when it comes to the President and their power? Art. II of the Constitution gives power to the President. List two types of powers that President can exercise.
12/16 & 12/17
Why is there controversy surrounding the electoral college system?
12/12 & 12/15
How is the electoral vote different than the popular vote?
12/10 & 12/11
What is the purpose of a presidential primary?
12/8 & 12/9
Name the next three officials who would fill the vacancy of
the Presidency.
12/4 & 12/5
What is the most important role a President plays?
12/2 & 12/3
What do both houses have in common?
11/25 & 12/1
What are the differences between House & Senate?
11/21 & 11/24
There was no question of the day.
11/19 &11/20
Name the different types of committees.
11/17 & 11/18
Who are our party leaders in Congress?
11/13 & 11/14
Who has the most powerful position in Congress?
11/11 & 11/12
Explain the impeachment process.
11/7 & 11/10
What's an example of an implied power?
11/5 & 11/6
What are the three types of power given to Congress? (It is a review from chapter 4)
11/3 & 11/4
What are the four ways to decide how to vote as a member of Congress? Which way is correct?
10/30 & 10/31
What are the House & Senate requirements?
10/28 & 10/29
Why is it important to re-calculate districts every 10 years?
10/24 & 10/27
How is Congress representative of the federal system?
10/22 & 10/23
Explain the amendment process.
10/20 & 10/21
Is the amendment process too difficult? Explain.
10/16 & 10/17
List the expressed powers of Congress.
10/14 & 10/15
Explain the amendment process.
10/10 & 10/13
What is your most important freedom and why?
10/8 & 10/9
What does LEJRANR stand for?
10/6 & 10/7
Which branch is most democratic or most important?
10/2 & 10/3
Which principle of the Constitution is the most important?
9/30 & 10/1
What are some of guarding principles behind the Constitution?
9/26 & 9/29
Which events/people/documents affect the writing of the Constitution and how?
9/24 & 9/25
Which arguments make the most sense to you, Federalists or Anti-federalists?
9/22 & 9/23
Why can't Congress compromise on issues today?
9/18 & 9/19
If government is too big what would you cut out?
9/14 & 9/15
What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
9/12 & 9/13
"All men are created equal." Really meant, "All _________ men are created equal in 1776.
9/8 & 9/11
Explain, "....man is born free yet everywhere in chains." - Rousseau
9/6 & 9/7
What are your favorite two rights and why?
9/4 & 9/5
If communism is on the left side of the spectrum and capitalism is on the right side of the spectrum what is the relation to freedom?
9/2 & 9/3
If you could what business would you start and why?
8/28 & 8/29
What is the difference between a responsibility and a duty?
Why does democracy require those things?
8/26 & 8/27
What 3 things do we value most about democracy?
8/22 & 8/25
What did Lincoln mean by, "government is of the people, by the people, and for the people"?
8/20 & 8/21
List as many public policies as you can.
8/18 & 8/19
What are the positives and negatives of government?
8/14 & 8/15
What is the importance of taking a government class?
12/18 & 12/19
How far is to far when it comes to the President and their power? Art. II of the Constitution gives power to the President. List two types of powers that President can exercise.
12/16 & 12/17
Why is there controversy surrounding the electoral college system?
12/12 & 12/15
How is the electoral vote different than the popular vote?
12/10 & 12/11
What is the purpose of a presidential primary?
12/8 & 12/9
Name the next three officials who would fill the vacancy of
the Presidency.
12/4 & 12/5
What is the most important role a President plays?
12/2 & 12/3
What do both houses have in common?
11/25 & 12/1
What are the differences between House & Senate?
11/21 & 11/24
There was no question of the day.
11/19 &11/20
Name the different types of committees.
11/17 & 11/18
Who are our party leaders in Congress?
11/13 & 11/14
Who has the most powerful position in Congress?
11/11 & 11/12
Explain the impeachment process.
11/7 & 11/10
What's an example of an implied power?
11/5 & 11/6
What are the three types of power given to Congress? (It is a review from chapter 4)
11/3 & 11/4
What are the four ways to decide how to vote as a member of Congress? Which way is correct?
10/30 & 10/31
What are the House & Senate requirements?
10/28 & 10/29
Why is it important to re-calculate districts every 10 years?
10/24 & 10/27
How is Congress representative of the federal system?
10/22 & 10/23
Explain the amendment process.
10/20 & 10/21
Is the amendment process too difficult? Explain.
10/16 & 10/17
List the expressed powers of Congress.
10/14 & 10/15
Explain the amendment process.
10/10 & 10/13
What is your most important freedom and why?
10/8 & 10/9
What does LEJRANR stand for?
10/6 & 10/7
Which branch is most democratic or most important?
10/2 & 10/3
Which principle of the Constitution is the most important?
9/30 & 10/1
What are some of guarding principles behind the Constitution?
9/26 & 9/29
Which events/people/documents affect the writing of the Constitution and how?
9/24 & 9/25
Which arguments make the most sense to you, Federalists or Anti-federalists?
9/22 & 9/23
Why can't Congress compromise on issues today?
9/18 & 9/19
If government is too big what would you cut out?
9/14 & 9/15
What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
9/12 & 9/13
"All men are created equal." Really meant, "All _________ men are created equal in 1776.
9/8 & 9/11
Explain, "....man is born free yet everywhere in chains." - Rousseau
9/6 & 9/7
What are your favorite two rights and why?
9/4 & 9/5
If communism is on the left side of the spectrum and capitalism is on the right side of the spectrum what is the relation to freedom?
9/2 & 9/3
If you could what business would you start and why?
8/28 & 8/29
What is the difference between a responsibility and a duty?
Why does democracy require those things?
8/26 & 8/27
What 3 things do we value most about democracy?
8/22 & 8/25
What did Lincoln mean by, "government is of the people, by the people, and for the people"?
8/20 & 8/21
List as many public policies as you can.
8/18 & 8/19
What are the positives and negatives of government?
8/14 & 8/15
What is the importance of taking a government class?
Extra:
Explain why or why not civil liberties are important to democracy?
What are civil liberties?
After a person has been convicted of a crime what is the next option for that person. Describe what you believe that process is and how it works.
What comes to mind when you hear the judicial branch? Explain in at least three sentences.
How is the executive department divided?
What is one way the President can check the power of the Legislative Branch?
What is the difference between a treaty and an executive agreement?
Explain ordinance power.
Explain why or why not civil liberties are important to democracy?
What are civil liberties?
After a person has been convicted of a crime what is the next option for that person. Describe what you believe that process is and how it works.
What comes to mind when you hear the judicial branch? Explain in at least three sentences.
How is the executive department divided?
What is one way the President can check the power of the Legislative Branch?
What is the difference between a treaty and an executive agreement?
Explain ordinance power.