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 173
... hands the executives and the legislative functions , and that , through intrigue and terror , they would succeed in getting them elected . Once men invested with the inviolability inherent in the character of representatives of the ...
... hands the executives and the legislative functions , and that , through intrigue and terror , they would succeed in getting them elected . Once men invested with the inviolability inherent in the character of representatives of the ...
Page 223
... hands the supreme command of Venezuela . It is now your lofty duty to devote yourselves to the well - being of the Republic ; our fate and the measure of our glory is in your hands , those very hands which will sign the decrees ...
... hands the supreme command of Venezuela . It is now your lofty duty to devote yourselves to the well - being of the Republic ; our fate and the measure of our glory is in your hands , those very hands which will sign the decrees ...
Page 365
... hands , and to transmit it , unimpaired by him , to his successor . Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people ? Is there any better or equal hope in the world ? In our present differences , is ...
... hands , and to transmit it , unimpaired by him , to his successor . Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people ? Is there any better or equal hope in the world ? In our present differences , is ...
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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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