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Presidential Wisdom III
Cryptography
In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.Cryptography
Below are encoded quotes from the eleventh through fifteenth presidents of the United States. Your task is to first decode them, and then correctly assign them to the presidents who spoke them.
11) "ORJ OJCO EB ZJTHJKCRUI UC MEO OE IWO NKJTOMJCC UMOE RWXTMUOQ, YWO OE JZUGUO UO, BEK ORJ NKJTOMJCC UC TZKJTHQ ORJKJ."
12) "ORJ HTMNJKC EB T GEMGJMOKTOUEM EB TZZ IESJK UM ORJ NJMJKTZ NELJKMXJMO EB T GEMBJHJKTGQ CE LTCO TC EWKC TKJ OEE EYLUEWC OE YJ HUCKJNTKHJH."
13) "ORJ XTM SRE GTM ZEEV WIEM T GKUCUC SUOREWO YJUMN SUZZUMN OE EBBJK RUXCJZB WIEM ORJ TZOTK EB RUC GEWMOKQ UC MEO BUO BEK IWYZUG OKWCO."
14) "UO SEWZH YJ FWHUGUEWC OE TGO SUOR XTNMTMUXUOQ OESTKHC T IKECOKTOJ BEJ."
15) "ORJKJ UC XEKJ CJZBUCRMJCC TMH ZJCC IKUMGUIZJ TXEMN XJXYJKC EB GEMNKJCC...ORTM U RTH TMQ GEMGJIOUEM EB, YJBEKJ U YJGTXJ IKJCUHJMO EB ORJ W.C."
11) "ORJ OJCO EB ZJTHJKCRUI UC MEO OE IWO NKJTOMJCC UMOE RWXTMUOQ, YWO OE JZUGUO UO, BEK ORJ NKJTOMJCC UC TZKJTHQ ORJKJ."
12) "ORJ HTMNJKC EB T GEMGJMOKTOUEM EB TZZ IESJK UM ORJ NJMJKTZ NELJKMXJMO EB T GEMBJHJKTGQ CE LTCO TC EWKC TKJ OEE EYLUEWC OE YJ HUCKJNTKHJH."
13) "ORJ XTM SRE GTM ZEEV WIEM T GKUCUC SUOREWO YJUMN SUZZUMN OE EBBJK RUXCJZB WIEM ORJ TZOTK EB RUC GEWMOKQ UC MEO BUO BEK IWYZUG OKWCO."
14) "UO SEWZH YJ FWHUGUEWC OE TGO SUOR XTNMTMUXUOQ OESTKHC T IKECOKTOJ BEJ."
15) "ORJKJ UC XEKJ CJZBUCRMJCC TMH ZJCC IKUMGUIZJ TXEMN XJXYJKC EB GEMNKJCC...ORTM U RTH TMQ GEMGJIOUEM EB, YJBEKJ U YJGTXJ IKJCUHJMO EB ORJ W.C."
Hint
Vowel encoding is as follows:A=T
E=J
I=U
O=E
U=W
Answer
The solutions are given in the order in which each president served, followed by the president's name and term in office. The answer key is below.15) "There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress...than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S." - James K. Polk 1845 - 1849
14) "It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe." - Zachary Taylor 1849 - 1850
13) "The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not fit for public trust." - Millard Fillmore 1850 - 1853
12) "The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded." - Franklin Pierce 1853 - 1857
11) "The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there." - James Buchanan 1857 - 1861
A=T . . N=M
B=Y . . O=E
C=G . . P=I
D=H . . Q=D
E=J . . R=K
F=B . . S=C
G=N . . T=O
H=R . . U=W
I=U . . V=L
J=F . . W=S
K=V . . X=P
L=Z . . Y=Q
M=X . . Z=A
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