Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in HistoryWilliam Safire Rosetta Books, 2014 M04 22 - 1148 páginas 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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... justice ? To stir our conscience , we have Lord Byron on the rights of labor ; populist Huey Long and his " Every Man a King " ; Margaret Chase Smith on the conscience of a senator ; and Czech dissident become president Václav Havel on ...
... justice ? To stir our conscience , we have Lord Byron on the rights of labor ; populist Huey Long and his " Every Man a King " ; Margaret Chase Smith on the conscience of a senator ; and Czech dissident become president Václav Havel on ...
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... justice . Pericles was reputed to be one of the most eloquent at these meetings of the democratic legislature , exceeded only by fourth - century Greek orator Demosthenes . " Reputed " is a necessary qualifier because we have Pericles ...
... justice . Pericles was reputed to be one of the most eloquent at these meetings of the democratic legislature , exceeded only by fourth - century Greek orator Demosthenes . " Reputed " is a necessary qualifier because we have Pericles ...
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... justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution. No, our job will not end with the sound of the guns. Even in our own interest we must have an eye to the interests of others; a nation which lives only to ...
... justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution. No, our job will not end with the sound of the guns. Even in our own interest we must have an eye to the interests of others; a nation which lives only to ...
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... justice and peace among nations . Of no less importance is our internal policy . The first pillar of this policy is the return to Zion . Ships ! For heaven's sake , let us have ships ! Let us not be poisoned with inertia . Let us not ...
... justice and peace among nations . Of no less importance is our internal policy . The first pillar of this policy is the return to Zion . Ships ! For heaven's sake , let us have ships ! Let us not be poisoned with inertia . Let us not ...
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... justice. Let civilian voices argue the merits or demerits of our processes of government: whether our strength is being sapped by deficit financing indulged in too long, by federal paternalism grown too mighty, by power groups grown too ...
... justice. Let civilian voices argue the merits or demerits of our processes of government: whether our strength is being sapped by deficit financing indulged in too long, by federal paternalism grown too mighty, by power groups grown too ...
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