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Presidential Wisdom I
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 first five presidents of the United States. Your task is to first decode them, and then correctly assign them to the presidents who spoke them.
1) "K NCGKCTC JLCOC MOC FSOC KDIJMDBCI SX JLC MNOKVZCFCDJ SX JLC XOCCVSF SX JLC ACSAGC NW ZOMVYMG MDV IKGCDJ CDBOSMBLFCDJI SX JLSIC KD ASRCO JLMD NW TKSGCDJ MDV IYVVCD YIYOAMJKSDI."
2) "ASRCO MGRMWI JLKDHI KJ LMI M ZOCMJ ISYG MDV TMIJ TKCRI NCWSDV JLC BSFAOCLCDIKSD SX JLC RCMH."
3) "KJ KI SDGW RLCD JLC ACSAGC NCBSFC KZDSOMDJ MDV BSOOYAJ, RLCD JLCW VCZCDCOMJC KDJS M ASAYGMBC, JLMJ JLCW MOC KDBMAMNGC SX CECOBKIKDZ JLCKO ISTCOCKZDJW."
4) "JLMJ ZSTCODFCDJ KI NCIJ RLKBL ZSTCODI JLC GCMIJ, NCBMYIC KJI ACSAGC VKIBKAGKDC JLCFICGTCI."
5) "ZSTCODFCDJ KI DSJ OCMISD; KJ KI DSJ CGSPYCDBC; KJ KI XSOBC! GKHC XKOC, KJ KI M VMDZCOSYI ICOTMDJ MDV M XCMOXYG FMIJCO."
1) "K NCGKCTC JLCOC MOC FSOC KDIJMDBCI SX JLC MNOKVZCFCDJ SX JLC XOCCVSF SX JLC ACSAGC NW ZOMVYMG MDV IKGCDJ CDBOSMBLFCDJI SX JLSIC KD ASRCO JLMD NW TKSGCDJ MDV IYVVCD YIYOAMJKSDI."
2) "ASRCO MGRMWI JLKDHI KJ LMI M ZOCMJ ISYG MDV TMIJ TKCRI NCWSDV JLC BSFAOCLCDIKSD SX JLC RCMH."
3) "KJ KI SDGW RLCD JLC ACSAGC NCBSFC KZDSOMDJ MDV BSOOYAJ, RLCD JLCW VCZCDCOMJC KDJS M ASAYGMBC, JLMJ JLCW MOC KDBMAMNGC SX CECOBKIKDZ JLCKO ISTCOCKZDJW."
4) "JLMJ ZSTCODFCDJ KI NCIJ RLKBL ZSTCODI JLC GCMIJ, NCBMYIC KJI ACSAGC VKIBKAGKDC JLCFICGTCI."
5) "ZSTCODFCDJ KI DSJ OCMISD; KJ KI DSJ CGSPYCDBC; KJ KI XSOBC! GKHC XKOC, KJ KI M VMDZCOSYI ICOTMDJ MDV M XCMOXYG FMIJCO."
Hint
Vowel encoding is as follows:A=M
E=C
I=K
O=S
U=Y
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.5) "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." - George Washington 1789 -- 1797
2) "Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak." - John Adams 1797 -- 1801
4)"That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves." - Thomas Jefferson 1801 -- 1809
1) "I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison 1809 -- 1817
3) "It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty." - James Monroe 1817 -- 1825
A=M . . N=D
B=N . . O=S
C=B . . P=A
D=V . . Q=P
E=C . . R=O
F=X . . S=I
G=Z . . T=J
H=L . . U=Y
I=K . . V=T
J=U . . W=R
K=H . . X=E
L=G . . Y=W
M=F . . Z=Q
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