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Presidential Wisdom VI
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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 twenty-sixth through thirtieth presidents of the United States. Your task is to first decode them, and then correctly assign them to the presidents who spoke them. The presidents were, in order: Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, and Calvin Coolidge.
26) "CBXNCIBRKD RN XZQD MZ RZNKBJAIZK KX LI JNIO, ZXK M OIRKD KX LI GXBNTRCCIO."
27) "ZX AMZ PMZ NRK OXGZ MZO GRKTTXQO TRN TMZON UBXA KTI GMBUMBI MYMRZNK GBXZY MZO YIK CIMPI UBXA TRN MPVJRINPIZPI."
28) "MZKR-NIARKRNA RN M ZXFRXJN GIIO KTMK NTXJQO LI PJK XJK. RK TMN ZX CQMPI RZ MAIBRPM."
29) "M HXKI RN QRWI M BRUQI; RKN JNIUJQZINN OICIZON JCXZ KTI PTMBMPKIB XU KTI JNIB."
30) "RK RN AD PXZHRPKRXZ KTMK KTI UJZOMAIZKMQ KBXJLQI GRKT KTI CIXCQI XU KTI JZRKIO NKMKIN RN KTMK KTID TMHI YXKKIZ KXX UMB MGMD UBXA MQARYTKD YXO."
26) "CBXNCIBRKD RN XZQD MZ RZNKBJAIZK KX LI JNIO, ZXK M OIRKD KX LI GXBNTRCCIO."
27) "ZX AMZ PMZ NRK OXGZ MZO GRKTTXQO TRN TMZON UBXA KTI GMBUMBI MYMRZNK GBXZY MZO YIK CIMPI UBXA TRN MPVJRINPIZPI."
28) "MZKR-NIARKRNA RN M ZXFRXJN GIIO KTMK NTXJQO LI PJK XJK. RK TMN ZX CQMPI RZ MAIBRPM."
29) "M HXKI RN QRWI M BRUQI; RKN JNIUJQZINN OICIZON JCXZ KTI PTMBMPKIB XU KTI JNIB."
30) "RK RN AD PXZHRPKRXZ KTMK KTI UJZOMAIZKMQ KBXJLQI GRKT KTI CIXCQI XU KTI JZRKIO NKMKIN RN KTMK KTID TMHI YXKKIZ KXX UMB MGMD UBXA MQARYTKD YXO."
Hint
Vowel encoding is as follows:A=M
E=I
I=R
O=X
U=J
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.29) "A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user." - Theodore Roosevelt 1901 - 1909
28) "Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America." - William H. Taft 1909 - 1913
27) "No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence." - Woodrow Wilson 1913 - 1921
30) "It is my conviction that the fundamental trouble with the people of the United States is that they have gotten too far away from Almighty God." - Warren Harding 1921 - 1923
26) "Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. " - Calvin Coolidge 1923 - 1929
A=M . . N=Z
B=L . . O=X
C=P . . P=C
D=O . . Q=V
E=I . . R=B
F=U . . S=N
G=Y . . T=K
H=T . . U=J
I=R . . V=H
J=E . . W=G
K=W . . X=F
L=Q . . Y=D
M=A . . Z=S
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