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Books on: famous american speeches

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Selected American Speeches on Basic Issues, 1850-1950

Book by Carl G. Brandt, Edward M. Shafter Jr.; Houghton Mifflin, 1960

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Speeches, Addresses, Etc., American, United States--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...historian would know Lodges writings on famous American patriots, and would know that he...these unpleasant aspects of his speech delivery, he never mastered them...public life at that time who in his speech had style." He rose to speak as...
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Nobody's Home: Speech, Self, and Place in American Fiction from Hawthorne to Delillo

Book by Arnold Weinstein; Oxford University Press, 1993

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American Fiction--History And Criticism, Freedom Of Speech In Literature, Home In Literature, Language And Culture--United States, Place (Philosophy) In Literature, Self In Literature, Speech In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...expressing the kind of American crucifixion that we...the effects of this American nightmare, and to make...moment and challenges the American people to drop their...baring, based on the famous "Checkers" speech, touches the hearts...
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Hate Speech: The History of an American Controversy

Book by Samuel Walker; University of Nebraska Press, 1996

Subjects:

Freedom Of Speech--United States--History, Hate Crimes--United States--History, Hate Speech--United States--History

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...progressive thinking in American education. The Gary...example, branded free speech "un-American" because...asserting that free speech represented "old...Americanism" and citing speeches by Thomas Jefferson...Lincoln, and other famous patriots. 62 The attack...culmination in the House Un-American Activities Committee...
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Legacy of Suppression: Freedom of Speech and Press in Early American History

Book by Leonard Williams Levy; Bleknap Press of Harvard University, 1960

Subjects:

Freedom Of Speech--United States--History, Freedom Of The Press--United States--History

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...practical considerations. A radical agitator, regarded as a prophet of the American Revolution by Otis and the Adamses, this great liberal minister, in the midst of his most famous sermon of 1750 on the right of revolution and civil disobedience against...
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Words That Changed America: Great Speeches That Inspired, Challenged, Healed, and Enlightened

Book by Alex Barnett; Lyons Press, 2003

Subjects:

Speeches, Addresses, Etc., American, United States--History--Sources, United States--Politics And Government--Sources

Collections: History, Entire Library

SELECTED SOURCES American Eloquence: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses by the...1923) The Essential American Tradition, Bennett...H. Doran, 1925) Famous Speeches by Eminent...Publishing, 1929) Famous Statesmen and Orators...

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Journal Articles on: famous american speeches

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Free Speech: "The People's Darling Privilege", Struggles for Freedom of Expression in American History

Journal article by Wilson Huhn; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 19, 2002

Subjects:

Free Speech, "The People's Darling Privilege": Struggles for Freedom of Expression in American History (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...collected hundreds of speeches, laws, resolutions...relate what ordinary Americans thought about freedom of speech and press in the early...communication. 6. FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS A "PRIVILEGE...numerous quotations from speeches, resolutions, and...the Civil War many Americans, including the drafters...regarded freedom of speech as a "privilege" of American citizenship. (p...
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A Comparative Study of Refusal Speech Acts in Chinese and American English/etude Comparative Des Actes de Discours de Refus Dans le Chinois et L'anglais Americain

Journal article by Li Honglin; Canadian Social Science, Vol. 3, 2007

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China, Chinese languages, Comparative studies, Cultural values, English language, Sociolinguistics, Speech, United States

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...of Refusal Speech Acts in Chinese...forward the famous indirect speech...Chinese and American English. Both...Chinese and Americans both employ...Chinese and American prefer to choose...indirect refusal speech acts rather...acts. However Americans are more direct...while the Americans emphasize solving...Chinese and American English refusal speech acts have three...
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Can Speech by Fda-regulated Firms Ever Be Noncommercial?

Journal article by Nathan Cortez; American Journal of Law and Medicine, Vol. 37, 2011

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Commercial speech, Conferences, Regulated industries, Supreme Court decisions

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...commercial than noncommercial speech. When the speech is commercial...intermediate scrutiny under the famous four-part test in Central...protection for noncommercial speech that directly addresses issues...noncommercial standard might apply to speeches by medical or scientific personnel...speaker would communicate the speech if it would have no foreseeable...
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Free Speech in Political Philosophy and Its Relation to American Constitutional Law: A Consideration of Mill, Meiklejohn, and Plato

Journal article by Murray Dry; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 11, 1994

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Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Freedom of speech--Laws, regulations, etc., Liberalism--Philosophy, Meiklejohn, Alexander--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Mill, John Stuart--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...which the American Founders followed...freedom of speech, while Spinoza...of the free speech doctrine the...Harry Kalvens famous article on...important for American constitutional...Meiklejohn, Free Speech and its Relation...Luther Kings famous argument for...community. The American Association...
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Politics or Principle? Zechariah Chafee and the Social Interest in Free Speech

Journal article by Charles L. Barzun; Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2007, 2007

Subjects:

American history, Freedom of speech, Property rights, Public interest, Studies, United States

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...Interest in Free Speech by Charles...Milton and the American Founders...particularly on his famous 1919 Harvard...cases in which American courts consistendy...enjoin libelous speech potentially...and said the American cases following...course, if such speech was false...separate, now-famous dissent, Justice...

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Magazine Articles on: famous american speeches

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The Best Idea We've Had So Far: The Following Is Adapted from Bill Nye's Speech in Acceptance of the 2010 Humanist of the Year Award, Presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association in San Jose, California

Magazine article; The Humanist, Vol. 70, November 2010

Subjects:

American Humanist Association--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Humanists--Speeches, lectures and essays, Nye, Bill (American television show host)--Speeches, lectures and essays

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...The Following Is Adapted from Bill Nyes Speech in Acceptance of the 2010 Humanist of...Presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association in San Jose, California...question things. I always think of the famous Childrens Christmas Lectures at Londons...
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League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia Annual Candlelight Dinner

Magazine article; U.S. Department of Defense Speeches, June 26, 2003

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National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Wolfowitz, Paul D.--Speeches, lectures and essays

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League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast...government to bring our missing Americans home. I know thats the heart...National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast...once invoked Harry Trumans famous observation to describe Ann...missing--has helped countless Americans in their search for answers...
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'I Have a Dream': "I Have a Dream That My Four Little Children Will One Day Live in a Nation Where They Will Not Be Judged by the Colour of Their Skin but by the Content of Their Character ... and If America Is to Be a Great Nation, This Must Become True"-Martin Luther King Jr, from His Famous Speech at the March on Washington, 28 August 1963. below Is an Excerpt

Magazine article; New African, December 2004

Subjects:

Children, King, Martin Luther, Jr.--Speeches, lectures and essays

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...Must Become True"-Martin Luther King Jr, from His Famous Speech at the March on Washington, 28 August 1963. below...still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will...
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Lost Words: We Do Not Know What Chief Seathl Actually Said in His Famous Speech, but We Can Try to Understand What He Meant

Magazine article by David Mclaren; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 29, Winter 2003

Subjects:

Chief Seattle--Quotations, Ecology--Religious aspects, Environmental movement--Religious aspects, Native Americans--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Know What Chief Seathl Actually Said in His Famous Speech, but We Can Try to Understand What He Meant...of Washington Territory. Perhaps the most famous and controversial "quote" from that speech is this one: This we know. Man did not weave...
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Freedom and Speech and American Decline

Magazine article by William Murchison; The American Spectator, Vol. 44, May 2011

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Flags, Freedom of speech, Society, Spirituality

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...debasement of free speech continued apace, even...Johnson) the free speech right to pour kerosene on an American flag, then ignite...understandings of "speech." That very acquiescence...hold sway. The too-famous "P word has become...

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Newspaper Articles on: famous american speeches

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THE PATRIOT AND THE POODLES; ON THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF WINSTOPN CHURCHILL'S FAMOUS SPEECH ABOUT THEFUTURE OF EUROPE, THE DEBATE RAGES ON

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 20, 1996

Subjects:

Thatcher, Margaret

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ANNIVERSARY OF WINSTOPN CHURCHILLS FAMOUS SPEECH ABOUT THEFUTURE OF EUROPE, THE...anniversary of Winston Churchills famous speech in Zurich on the future of European...second home - his mother was an American. He said America was the biggest...
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We Can't Beat Terror without Free Speech; Pushing Boundaries: These Protesters Were Not Charged, but the Danish Embassy Demonstration Provoked Anger

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 5, 2007

Subjects:

Activists--Demonstrations and protests, Freedom of speech--Demonstrations and protests, Political activists--Demonstrations and protests, Reformers--Demonstrations and protests, Social reformers--Demonstrations and protests

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Beat Terror without Free Speech; Pushing Boundaries...liberties - with free speech first in thefiring line...torestoring freedom of speech, not shutting it down...itsuseful to remember the famous American standard, which denies...
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THE MAKING OF A VERY BRITISH SMASH HIT; the King's Speech Has Captured the Imagination of Cinema Audiences around the World. but It Almost Never Happened. Here, Its Key Players Reveal the Story Behind a Movie Phenomenon

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 6, 2011

Subjects:

Rush, Geoffrey, The King's Speech (Motion picture)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...For the eve of war speech, Lionel had mapped...Tom Hooper The famous photograph of Bertie...They didnt do his speeches as King in this...Award for The Kings Speech. Before I start...this had been an American film it would have...dignitaries to give his famous speech, including BBC...
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BY ROYAL DISAPPOINTMENT; Critics Love the King's Speech, but Will the Windsors? Not If Previous Films Depicting Them Are Anything to Go By

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 7, 2011

Subjects:

Simpson, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor, The King's Speech (Motion picture)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Critics Love the Kings Speech, but Will the Windsors...moment from The Kings Speech, the acclaimed new movie...frustration over his speech impediment, meant George...still the worlds most famous monarchy. Four years...the twice-divorced American socialite, Wallis Simpson...
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BY ROYAL DISAPPOINTMENT; Critics Love the King's Speech, but Will the Windsors? Not If Previous Films Depicting Them Are Anything to Go By

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 7, 2011

Subjects:

Motion pictures, Movies, Simpson, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor, The King's Speech (Motion picture)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Critics Love the Kings Speech, but Will the Windsors...moment from The Kings Speech, the acclaimed new movie...frustration over his speech impediment, meant George...Windsor, the worlds most famous monarchy. Four years...the twice-divorced American socialite, Wallis Simpson...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: famous american speeches

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Burke, Edmund

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...for a wiser treatment of the American colonies. In 1766 he spoke...tax the colonists. In his famous later speeches on American taxation (1774) and on conciliation...was acquitted, but Burkes speeches created some new awareness...
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Bancroft, George

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...GEORGE 1800 1891, American historian and public...1831) in the North American Review attacking the...As a reward for his speeches and writings for the...1874. Although his famous History is little read...important landmark in American historiography, and...
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Lincoln, Abraham

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Nebraska Act . In a speech at Springfield, repeated...the nomination (in a speech delivered at Springfield...of the noblest public speeches ever made, the Gettysburg...a foremost symbol of American democracy. Paintings...are legion; the most famous shrines are his home...Lincolns Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural...
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Webster, Daniel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...DANIEL 1782 1852, American statesman, lawyer...time; his brilliant speeches in the House were matched...oration (1825), and the speech (1826) on the deaths...of the Union in the famous debate with Robert Y...eloquent and reasoned speeches, backed the Compromise...Webster and the Trial of American Nationalism, 1843 1852...
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Meagher, Thomas Francis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...revolutionary and Union general in the American Civil War, b. Waterford, Ireland...the first battle of Bull Run with the famous 69th Regiment and organized (1861 62...weapons for the Montana militia. His Speeches on the Legislative Independence of Ireland...

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