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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Page 79
... established principle , their confirmed persuasion ; it is their nature and their doctrine . I remember some years ago , when the repeal of the Stamp Act was in agitation , conversing in a friendly confidence with a person of undoubted ...
... established principle , their confirmed persuasion ; it is their nature and their doctrine . I remember some years ago , when the repeal of the Stamp Act was in agitation , conversing in a friendly confidence with a person of undoubted ...
Page 117
... established fundamental liberties of the individual and led to the setting up of the Bill of Rights Society - the first to use modern methods of agitation — put his case in this speech to the Commons . The motion which I shall have the ...
... established fundamental liberties of the individual and led to the setting up of the Bill of Rights Society - the first to use modern methods of agitation — put his case in this speech to the Commons . The motion which I shall have the ...
Page 230
... established that authority . How has it accomplished this great and essential end ? By declaring , sir , that ' the Constitution and the laws of the United States , made in pursuance thereof , shall be the supreme law of the land ...
... established that authority . How has it accomplished this great and essential end ? By declaring , sir , that ' the Constitution and the laws of the United States , made in pursuance thereof , shall be the supreme law of the land ...
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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