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Words That Changed America: Great Speeches That Inspired, Challenged, Healed, and Enlightened

Book by Alex Barnett; Lyons Press, 2003

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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Eloquence: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses by the Most Eminent...Selections from his Writings and Speeches (Houghton Mifflin, 1923...George H. Doran, 1925) Famous Speeches by Eminent American...West Publishing, 1929) Famous Statesmen and Orators, McClure...
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Richard Nixon: Speeches, Writings, Documents

Book by Rick Perlstein, Richard Nixon; Princeton University Press, 2008

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Nixon, Richard M--(Richard Milhous)--1913-1994--Archives, Presidents--United States--Archives, Speeches, Addresses, Etc., American, United States--Politics And Government--1945-1989--Sources

Collections: History, Entire Library

...constituency for a political career. In 1969, in one of his most famous speeches, he gave this abstraction a permanent name: the Silent Majority...tribunes of the common man. The Checkers in the Checkers speech referred to Nixons absurd implication that his persecutors...
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Speech Criticism, the Development of Standards for Rhetorical Appraisal

Book by Lester Thonssen, A. Craig Baird; Ronald Press Co., 1948

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Elocution, Oratory, Speech

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...Ethos in Ancient Rhetoric." Speech Monographs , 14:55-65...Floyd K. Riley, Contemporary Speeches . New York, Century Co...ONeill, Classified Models of Speech Composition . New York, Century...1922; Frederick C. Hicks, Famous American Jury Speeches . St. Paul, West Publishing...
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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

...wondrous words at Gettysburg, and then the speech of Edward Everett. The oration of Lincoln...languages are dead and lips are dust. The speech of Everett will never be read. The elocutionists...Sherman: I have seen and heard many of the famous orators of our country, but Lincolns unstudied speeches surpassed all that I ever heard. I have...
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Speeches 60 and 61, Prologues, Letters

Book by Demosthenes, Ian Worthington; University of Texas Press, 2006

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Athens (Greece)--Politics And Government--Early Works To 1800, Demosthenes--Translations Into English, Speeches, Addresses, Etc., Greek--Translations Into English

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...were attributed to a more famous orator. In alphabetical order...of Demosthenes. His three speeches all concern major public issues...returned. Two of the four speeches 10 See Trevett 1992. 11 The...of the Ten; but the only speech that has come down to us under...public speaking did not put any speeches in writing, especially if...

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Journal Articles on: famous speeches

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Vowels: A Voice-Based Web Engine for Locating Speeches

Journal article by Joaquin Vila, Billy Lim, Archana Anajpure; Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, Vol. 13, 2004

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Internet/Web search services--Product development, Orations, Search engines--Product development, Speeches, Speeches, addresses, etc.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...FIGURE 3 OMITTED amp;#93; VOWELS Speech Repository This is a web-based application used to maintain the speech repository. The Speech Repository is the collection of speeches given by famous and infamous figures of the twentieth...
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Charge! History's Greatest Military Speeches

Journal article by Daniel J. Simonsen; Air Power History, Vol. 56, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Charge! History's Greatest Military Speeches (Collection)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...brief introduction to each speech or group of speeches (chronologically arranged...and events surrounding the speech. Additionally, for some speeches, Israel adds his view and...familiar as they include famous phrases that readers will...
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Constitutive Rhetoric Reconsidered: Constitutive Paradoxes in G. W. Bush's Iraq War Speeches

Journal article by Kenneth S. Zagacki; Western Journal of Communication, Vol. 71, 2007

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Bush, George W.--Foreign policy, Bush, George W.--Speeches, lectures and essays, Dualism (Philosophy)--Influence, Dualism--Influence, Iraq War, 2003---Analysis, Iraq War, 2003---Portrayals, Orations--Criticism and interpretation, Rhetoric--Influence, Speeches, addresses, etc.--Criticism and interpretation, Speeches--Criticism and interpretation, United States foreign relations

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...dualist goals. President Bushs Iraq War Speeches as Constitutive Rhetoric Many different...to ourselves.
speech, the President played down the altruistic...Address Issuing an Ultimatum to Iraq," a speech delivered only days before the attack...Americas ideological dream." In Bushs speeches, prophetic dualism was a tradition part...
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Annibal Caro's After-Dinner Speech (1536) and the Question of Titian as Vesalius's Illustrator

Journal article by Patricia Simons, Monique Kornell; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008

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Anatomists--Works, Caro, Annibale--Speeches, lectures and essays, Painters (Artists)--Evaluation, Painters--Evaluation, Poets--Speeches, lectures and essays, Titian--Evaluation, Vesalius, Andreas--Works

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...unquestionably refers to the famous work of Vesalius" in...obscene after-dinner speech, probably delivered...by an after-dinner speech, written in either...least three surviving speeches offer an exaggerated...was an after-dinner speech addressing the supposed...that is, leaving the famous memento of his masturbation...
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Threats, Free Speech, and the Jurisprudence of the Federal Criminal Law

Journal article by G. Robert Blakey, Brian J. Murray; Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2002, 2002

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Criminal law, Federal courts, Federal legislation, First Amendment-US, Freedom of speech, Litigation, Supreme Court-US, Threats, United States

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...not exceed the bounds of protected speech."284 Although the Court principally analyzed the speeches under the "fighting words" exception...the First Amendment protected his speeches.310 Without evidence of personal involvement in the violence, Everss speeches were protected: "speech does not lose its protected character...

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Magazine Articles on: famous speeches

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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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...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. "... I say to you today, my friends, that...
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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

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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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Virginia Military Institute Commencement

Magazine article by Donald H. Rumsfeld; U.S. Department of Defense Speeches, May 16, 2006

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Cabinet officers--Speeches, lectures and essays, Cabinet officials--Speeches, lectures and essays, Rumsfeld, Donald H.--Speeches, lectures and essays, Virginia Military Institute--Conferences, meetings and seminars

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...Dave, he said, was by no means a famous person but he was, quote, "a young...secret weapon that could win the war. His famous reply was that we did indeed have a secret...principle and purpose. At his Valedictorian speech here in 1961 a student named Jonathan...http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/2006/sp20060516-13074.html
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Paul Nitze's Legacy: For a New World

Magazine article; U.S. Department of Defense Speeches, April 15, 2004

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Bequests--Speeches, lectures and essays, Legacies--Speeches, lectures and essays, Wolfowitz, Paul D.--Speeches, lectures and essays

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...on which we are built. To quote from Section IV of that famous document: "From the idea of freedom with responsibility...Applause. amp;#93; http ://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/2004/sp20040414-depsecdef0262.html
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Pentagon Memorial Groundbreaking Ceremony

Magazine article by Donald H. Rumsfeld; U.S. Department of Defense Speeches, June 15, 2006

Subjects:

Cabinet officers--Speeches, lectures and essays, Cabinet officials--Speeches, lectures and essays, Rumsfeld, Donald H.--Speeches, lectures and essays, United States. Department of Defense--Buildings and facilities

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...monuments to the men and women of our heritage. Among the most famous, of course, across the Potomac, are the monuments to Washington...our wonderful country. http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/2006/sp20060615-13258.html

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Newspaper Articles on: famous speeches

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Historian to Discuss Famous Speeches

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 2, 2009

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Historians

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

Historian to Discuss Famous Speeches. Events related to books and events...nbrcalendar@dailyherald.com. Famous Speeches of the 20th Century: 7...discusses and plays recordings of famous speeches of the 20th century, from...
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Historian to Discuss Famous Speeches

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 2, 2009

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Historians, Public libraries

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

Historian to Discuss Famous Speeches. Events related to books and those...nbrcalendar@dailyherald.com. Famous Speeches of the 20th Century: 7...will discuss and play recordings of famous speeches of the 20th century, from...
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A Rat-Race Is for Rats. We're Human Beings - Jimmy Reid, April 28, 1972; STUDENT AIDES ON JIMMY REID'S FAMOUS SPEECH

Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), August 15, 2010

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

...STUDENT AIDES ON JIMMY REIDS FAMOUS SPEECH. ON APRIL 28 1972, Clydeside...delivered one of Scotlands most famous speeches. The newly elected rector of...who had to follow Jimmy Reids speech. I was 21 and senior vice president...
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What Came after the King's Speech; You Loved the Film - but the Events That Happened after King George VI Made That Famous Speech Were Even More Poignant

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 15, 2011

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Logue, Mark

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

What Came after the Kings Speech; You Loved the Film - but the Events...Happened after King George VI Made That Famous Speech Were Even More Poignant. Mark Logue...the Oscar-winning film The Kings Speech, which tells the extraordinary story...
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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

...POODLES; ON THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF WINSTOPN CHURCHILLS FAMOUS SPEECH ABOUT THEFUTURE OF EUROPE, THE DEBATE RAGES ON. Byline...threat. On the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchills famous speech in Zurich on the future of European cooperation, the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: famous speeches

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Cicero , Roman Orator

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...c., greatest Roman orator, famous also as a politician and a philosopher...the standard of Latin. The most famous of these are the Orations against...Philippics against Antony. Other famous speeches are Against Verres, On the Manilian...
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Burke, Edmund

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...constitutional right to tax the colonists. In his famous later speeches on American taxation (1774) and on conciliation...Warren Hastings . Hastings was acquitted, but Burkes speeches created some new awareness of the responsibilities...
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Gettysburg Address

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863, at the...battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. It is one of the most famous and most quoted of modern speeches. The final version of the address prepared by Lincoln...
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Pantomime

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...with "speaking openings," pantomime in England became a dramatic spectacle with songs and speeches. Joseph Grimaldi and Jean Gaspard Deburau were famous pantomime stars of the 19th cent. In silent pictures, Charlie Chaplin made his name as a...
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Carlyle, Thomas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...career. Their marriage, one of the most famous literary unions of the 19th cent. and...with Carlyle that was continued in their famous correspondence. Later Life and Works...England; Oliver Cromwells Letters and Speeches (1845); Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850...

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