B. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 10:45am
Speaker 1
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes. --Confucius
Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them. --Dr. Seuss
Democracy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone will fail. --JFK
Speaker 2
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. --Confucius
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. --Dr. Seuss
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. --JFK
Speaker 3
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. --Confucius
If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good! --Dr. Seuss
I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises. --JFK
Speaker 4
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. --Confucius
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. --Dr. Seuss
Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain. --JFK
Speaker 5
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. --Confucius
Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So. . . get on your way. --Dr. Seuss
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. --JFK
Speaker 6
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do. --Confucius
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. --Dr. Seuss
Let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate. --JFK
Speaker 7
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage. --Confucius
A person's a person, no matter how small. --Dr. Seuss
We have come too far, we have sacrificed too much, to disdain the future now. --JFK
Round 2: 2pm
Speaker 1
Don't be afraid to see what you see. --Ronald Regan
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. --MLK Jr
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. --Groucho Marx
Speaker 2
People don't start wars, governments do. --Ronald Regan
Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase. --MLK Jr
Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped. --Groucho Marx
Speaker 3
I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves. --Ronald Regan
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. --MLK Jr
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. --Groucho Marx
Speaker 4
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away. --Ronald Regan
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. --MLK Jr
Go, and never darken my towels again. --Groucho Marx
Speaker 5
Facts are stupid things. --Ronald Regan
Let no man pull you low enough to hate him. --MLK Jr
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. --Groucho Marx
Speaker 6
Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him. --Ronald Regan
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. --MLK Jr
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it. --Groucho Marx
Speaker 7
I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. --Ronald Regan
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. --MLK Jr
It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy. --Groucho Marx