Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in HistoryWilliam Safire From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, this collection of speeches is “the most valuable kind of book, the kind that benefits mind and heart” (Peggy Noonan). This third edition of the bestselling collection of classic and modern oratory offers numerous examples of the greatest speeches ever delivered—from the ancient world to the modern. Speeches in Lend Me Your Ears span a broad stretch of history, from Gen. George Patton inspiring Allied troops on the eve of D-Day to Pericles’s impassioned eulogy for fallen Greek soldiers during the Peloponnesian War; and from Jesus of Nazareth’s greatest sermons to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s fiery speech in response to the Bush vs. Gore decision that changed the landscape of American politics in our time. Editor William Safire has collected a diverse range of speeches from both ancient and modern times, from people of many different backgrounds and political affiliations, and from people on both sides of history’s greatest battles and events. This book provides a wealth of valuable examples of great oratory for writers, speakers, and history aficionados. |
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... Constitutional Convention of 1787 suggests that Gouverneur Morris had more to say than anybody else , speaking against slavery and for life tenure for the ... Constitution. Founding Father Gouverneur Morris Defines National Greatness.
... Constitutional Convention of 1787 suggests that Gouverneur Morris had more to say than anybody else , speaking against slavery and for life tenure for the ... Constitution. Founding Father Gouverneur Morris Defines National Greatness.
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... Constitution. However, “We, the people” was not his philosophy; his antidemocratic mind-set troubled the French radicals when he represented America in Paris, and they asked for his recall. By 1800, when he made this speech about ...
... Constitution. However, “We, the people” was not his philosophy; his antidemocratic mind-set troubled the French radicals when he represented America in Paris, and they asked for his recall. By 1800, when he made this speech about ...
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... Constitution . From the Webster brief in McCulloch v . Maryland , Marshall selected " An unlimited power to tax involves , necessarily , the power to destroy " ; he edited the phrase to " the power to tax is the power to destroy " in ...
... Constitution . From the Webster brief in McCulloch v . Maryland , Marshall selected " An unlimited power to tax involves , necessarily , the power to destroy " ; he edited the phrase to " the power to tax is the power to destroy " in ...
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... constitutional government ends . The people cannot look to legislation generally for success . Industry , thrift ... constitution of the universe to have property that is his own . Ultimately , property rights and personal rights are ...
... constitutional government ends . The people cannot look to legislation generally for success . Industry , thrift ... constitution of the universe to have property that is his own . Ultimately , property rights and personal rights are ...
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... constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it. And what is this liberty which must lie in the hearts ...
... constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it. And what is this liberty which must lie in the hearts ...
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