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 82
... American colonists , he proposed thirteen resolutions for conciliation . America , gentlemen say , is a noble object . It is an object well worth fighting for ... American liberty ' Edmund Burke 'This spirit of American liberty' (1775)
... American colonists , he proposed thirteen resolutions for conciliation . America , gentlemen say , is a noble object . It is an object well worth fighting for ... American liberty ' Edmund Burke 'This spirit of American liberty' (1775)
Page 88
... American revenue as we have got an American empire . English privileges have made it all that it is ; English privileges alone will make it all it can be . In full confidence of this unalterable truth , I now , quod felix faustumque sit ...
... American revenue as we have got an American empire . English privileges have made it all that it is ; English privileges alone will make it all it can be . In full confidence of this unalterable truth , I now , quod felix faustumque sit ...
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... American system , and American industry . . . This cry is kept up by men who are endeavoring by all the means in their power to cut down the wages of our own people , and who send agents to Europe to induce foreigners to come here to ...
... American system , and American industry . . . This cry is kept up by men who are endeavoring by all the means in their power to cut down the wages of our own people , and who send agents to Europe to induce foreigners to come here to ...
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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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