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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... bill before the House is a direct attack upon that freedom . No man dreads the use of a universal proposition more than I do myself . I must nevertheless say , that speech ought to be completely free , without any restraint whatever ...
... bill before the House is a direct attack upon that freedom . No man dreads the use of a universal proposition more than I do myself . I must nevertheless say , that speech ought to be completely free , without any restraint whatever ...
Page 241
... Bill [ the Force Bill ] , giving him emergency use of the army to enforce revenue laws . Speaking in the Senate over two days , Calhoun argued in this speech against Jackson the case for states against the government . This bill ...
... Bill [ the Force Bill ] , giving him emergency use of the army to enforce revenue laws . Speaking in the Senate over two days , Calhoun argued in this speech against Jackson the case for states against the government . This bill ...
Page 281
... Bill . Many contemporaries considered his speech on the second reading of the bill- of which this was the peroration – as his masterpiece . My Lords , I do not disguise the intense solicitude which I feel for the event of this debate ...
... Bill . Many contemporaries considered his speech on the second reading of the bill- of which this was the peroration – as his masterpiece . My Lords , I do not disguise the intense solicitude which I feel for the event of this debate ...
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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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