The Penguin Book of Historic SpeechesBrian MacArthur A companion volume to The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Speeches, this collection of great oratory stretches across the history of powerful and moving, but most of all, memorable speeches, from classical times to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. |
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... citizens , separate yourself from the good ones , wage war against your country , exult in your impious banditti , so that you may not seem to have been driven out by me and gone to strangers , but to have gone invited to your own ...
... citizens , separate yourself from the good ones , wage war against your country , exult in your impious banditti , so that you may not seem to have been driven out by me and gone to strangers , but to have gone invited to your own ...
Page 440
... citizen's rights , guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution , beyond the power of any State to deny . The preamble of the Federal Constitution says : ' We 440 Anthony : ' Are women persons ? " Susan B ...
... citizen's rights , guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution , beyond the power of any State to deny . The preamble of the Federal Constitution says : ' We 440 Anthony : ' Are women persons ? " Susan B ...
Page 486
... citizens , more than in mine , will rest the final success or failure of our course . Since this country was founded ... citizens of the world : ask not what America will do for you , but what together we can do for the freedom of man ...
... citizens , more than in mine , will rest the final success or failure of our course . Since this country was founded ... citizens of the world : ask not what America will do for you , but what together we can do for the freedom of man ...
Contents
Moses Thou shalt not c 1250 BC | 3 |
Jesus of Nazareth Blessed are the poor in spirit c 33 | 23 |
John Ball Cast off the yoke of bondage 1381 | 37 |
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