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Presidential Perspective
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
The following quote comes from a former US president. Can you determine what it says?
EPC VPKDKVECD EPKE EKRCL VIZZKYM HY ZIZCYEL IN VDGVHKS VPIHVCL PKL KSDCKMF XCCY MCECDZHYCM - XF K EPIGLKYM IEPCD VPIHVCL ZKMC CKDSHCD HY LCCZHYOSF GYHZJIDEKYE ZIZCYEL - XF KSS EPILC "SHEESC" VPIHVCL IN FCKDL JKLE - XF KSS EPILC EHZCL BPCY EPC WIHVC IN K VIYLVHCYVC BKL KE BKD BHEP EPC WIHVC IN ECZJEKEHIY - BPHLJCDHYO K SHC EPKE "HE MICLY'E DCKSSF ZKEECD" - XF KSS EPC MKF-EI-MKF MCVHLHIYL ZKMC BPCY SHNC LCCZCM CKLF KYM VDHLCL LCCZCM NKD KBKF, EPC MCVHLHIYL EPKE JHCVC XF JHCVC, XHE XF XHE, MCWCSIJCM PKXHEL IN MHLVHJSHYC ID IN SKTHYCLL; PKXHEL IN LCSN-LKVDHNHVC, ID LCSN-HYMGSOCYVC; PKXHEL IN MGEF KYM PIYID KYM HYECODHEF - ID MHLPIYID KYM LPKZC. -- DIYKSM BHSLIY DCKOKY
EPC VPKDKVECD EPKE EKRCL VIZZKYM HY ZIZCYEL IN VDGVHKS VPIHVCL PKL KSDCKMF XCCY MCECDZHYCM - XF K EPIGLKYM IEPCD VPIHVCL ZKMC CKDSHCD HY LCCZHYOSF GYHZJIDEKYE ZIZCYEL - XF KSS EPILC "SHEESC" VPIHVCL IN FCKDL JKLE - XF KSS EPILC EHZCL BPCY EPC WIHVC IN K VIYLVHCYVC BKL KE BKD BHEP EPC WIHVC IN ECZJEKEHIY - BPHLJCDHYO K SHC EPKE "HE MICLY'E DCKSSF ZKEECD" - XF KSS EPC MKF-EI-MKF MCVHLHIYL ZKMC BPCY SHNC LCCZCM CKLF KYM VDHLCL LCCZCM NKD KBKF, EPC MCVHLHIYL EPKE JHCVC XF JHCVC, XHE XF XHE, MCWCSIJCM PKXHEL IN MHLVHJSHYC ID IN SKTHYCLL; PKXHEL IN LCSN-LKVDHNHVC, ID LCSN-HYMGSOCYVC; PKXHEL IN MGEF KYM PIYID KYM HYECODHEF - ID MHLPIYID KYM LPKZC. -- DIYKSM BHSLIY DCKOKY
Hint
Encrypted = DecryptedB=W
O=G
N=F
Z=M
O=G
Answer
THE CHARACTER THAT TAKES COMMAND IN MOMENTS OF CRUCIAL CHOICES HAS ALREADY BEEN DETERMINED - BY A THOUSAND OTHER CHOICES MADE EARLIER IN SEEMINGLY UNIMPORTANT MOMENTS - BY ALL THOSE "LITTLE" CHOICES OF YEARS PAST - BY ALL THOSE TIMES WHEN THE VOICE OF A CONSCIENCE WAS AT WAR WITH THE VOICE OF TEMPTATION - WHISPERING A LIE THAT "IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER" - BY ALL THE DAY-TO-DAY DECISIONS MADE WHEN LIFE SEEMED EASY AND CRISES SEEMED FAR AWAY, THE DECISIONS THAT PIECE BY PIECE, BIT BY BIT, DEVELOPED HABITS OF DISCIPLINE OR OF LAZINESS; HABITS OF SELF-SACRIFICE, OR SELF-INDULGENCE; HABITS OF DUTY AND HONOR AND INTEGRITY - OR DISHONOR AND SHAME. -- RONALD WILSON REAGANA=Q
B=W
C=E
D=R
E=T
F=Y
G=U
H=I
I=O
J=P
K=A
L=S
M=D
N=F
O=G
P=H
Q=J
R=K
S=L
T=Z
U=X
V=C
W=V
X=B
Y=N
Z=M
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