The Voice of History: Great Speeches of the English LanguageFrom Elizabeth I to Winston Churchill, Sir Thomas More to Martin Luther King, Oliver Cromwell to Adlai Stevenson, George Washington to Mrs Pankhurst... Here, brought together for the first time, is some of the finest oratory in the English language, a selection of the most inspiring and exciting, stirring and significant words ever spoken in public. |
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... became a popular hero and the cry ' Wilkes and Liberty ! ' became common . The liberty of all peers and gentlemen , and ( what touches me more sensibly ) that of all the middling and inferior sets of people , who stand in most need of ...
... became a popular hero and the cry ' Wilkes and Liberty ! ' became common . The liberty of all peers and gentlemen , and ( what touches me more sensibly ) that of all the middling and inferior sets of people , who stand in most need of ...
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... became mayor of Birmingham in 1873 but transferred to the national political scene in 1876 when he became a Liberal M.P. He resigned from Gladstone's Government over the Home Rule for Ireland Bill in 1886 and by 1891 had become Liberal ...
... became mayor of Birmingham in 1873 but transferred to the national political scene in 1876 when he became a Liberal M.P. He resigned from Gladstone's Government over the Home Rule for Ireland Bill in 1886 and by 1891 had become Liberal ...
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... became Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in 1955. At the Labour Party Conference in October that year he expounded his basic political beliefs : I would like to tell you , if I may , why I am a Socialist and have been for some ...
... became Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in 1955. At the Labour Party Conference in October that year he expounded his basic political beliefs : I would like to tell you , if I may , why I am a Socialist and have been for some ...
Contents
SIR THOMAS MORE 14781535 | 1 |
LANCELOT ANDREWS 15551626 | 7 |
JOHN WESLEY 17031791 | 14 |
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