Speeches that Changed the World: History in the MakingPacked with historical figures, this text is as readable summary of 3000 years. From Moses's delivery of the Ten Commandments to Nelson Mandela's Let Freedom Reign, the world has been transformed by memorable speeches. |
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... equal rights , which equal law must protect , and to violate would be oppression . Let us , then , fellow - citizens , unite with one heart and one mind . Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which ...
... equal rights , which equal law must protect , and to violate would be oppression . Let us , then , fellow - citizens , unite with one heart and one mind . Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which ...
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... equal account as they do the women with whom they consort ; or until they regard these women as just as respectable as the men who support them , society will remain in its present scale of moral excellence . A man who is well known to ...
... equal account as they do the women with whom they consort ; or until they regard these women as just as respectable as the men who support them , society will remain in its present scale of moral excellence . A man who is well known to ...
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... equal laws . We should have had equal laws for divorce , and the law would have said that as Nature has given to children two parents , so the law should rec- ognize that they have two parents . I have spoken to you about the position ...
... equal laws . We should have had equal laws for divorce , and the law would have said that as Nature has given to children two parents , so the law should rec- ognize that they have two parents . I have spoken to you about the position ...
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Moses The Ten Commandments second millennium BC | 3 |
Socrates Socrates Apology 399 BC | 15 |
Jesus Christ The Beatitudes AD 34 | 29 |
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