Gems from the Top 100 Speeches: A Handy Source of Inspiration for Your Thoughts and LanguageiUniverse, 2004 M02 1 - 321 páginas Public speaking is one of the things many fear the most. This fear is justified-Many eyes to look into and many minds to contend with. Thoughts are elusive. The catcher of powerful thoughts-the apt words-are even more elusive. Yet, you do not need to despair. By standing on the shoulders of great orators, you can also speak with facility, felicity, cogency, and potency. Great orators have produced immortal thoughts couched in immortal words. This book selects the gems and the most versatile phrases in the top 100 speeches in the history of American rhetoric of the last century, so that you do not have to tire your mind and tax your time spending months going through all these speeches to mine the diamonds of powerful thoughts and felicitous words. This book furnishes you with powerful and ready blocks for the efficient construction of edifices of powerful ideas embodied in powerful words. The top 100 speeches are the most significant American political speeches of the 20th century, according to 137 leading scholars of American public address. Their inclusion and ranking are based on their "social and political impact," "rhetorical artistry," "eloquence," and "power." |
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... called democracy has failed the Negro....... How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what's already yours?......Where is the progress? ......It'll be Molotov ...
... called religious issue is necessarily and properly the chief topic here tonight, I want to emphasize from the outset that I believe that we have far more critical issues......These are the real issues which should decide this campaign ...
... called for the expedition of the passage of laws to grant equal rights to all American citizens. I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy. I urge every member of both parties, Americans of all religions and of ...
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The Great Society | 162 |
The Marshall Plan | 165 |
Truth and Tolerance in America | 166 |
Speech Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination | 169 |
The Struggle for Human Rights | 172 |
1984 Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address | 177 |
Free Speech in Wartime | 179 |
Remarks at the U S Ranger Monument on the 40th Anniversary of DDay | 182 |
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A Tale of Two Cities | 36 |
1984 Democratic National Convention Address The Rainbow Coalition | 39 |
Statement on the Articles of Impeachment | 43 |
Farewell Address to Congress | 45 |
Ive Been to the Mountaintop | 48 |
The Man with the Muckrake | 52 |
Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr | 56 |
Farewell Address | 58 |
President Woodrow Wilsons War Message | 61 |
Thayer Award Acceptance Address | 64 |
The Great Silent Majority | 67 |
Ich bin ein Berliner I am a Berliner | 70 |
A Plea for Mercy | 72 |
Acres of Diamonds | 76 |
A Time for Choosing | 77 |
Every Man a King | 80 |
The Fundamental Principle of a Republic | 83 |
The Great Arsenal of Democracy | 87 |
Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals | 90 |
First Inaugural Address | 92 |
First Fireside Chat | 95 |
The Truman Doctrine | 97 |
Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature | 99 |
Statement to the Court Upon Being Convicted of Violating the Sedition Act | 101 |
Remarks to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women Plenary Session | 103 |
Atoms for Peace | 106 |
American University Commencement Address | 109 |
Democratic National Convention Address | 112 |
Resignation Speech | 117 |
The Fourteen Points | 120 |
Declaration of Conscience | 122 |
The Four Freedoms | 124 |
Beyond Vietnam ATime to Break Silence | 127 |
What It Means to be Colored in Capital of the United States | 129 |
Imperialism | 131 |
A Moral Necessity for Birth Control | 136 |
Commencement Address at Wellesley College | 141 |
Radio and Television Report to the American People on Civil Rights | 144 |
Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation | 147 |
Television News Coverage | 150 |
Address by The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson | 154 |
A Whisper of Aids | 159 |
Religious Belief and Public MoralityA Catholic Governors Perspective | 184 |
Chappaquiddick | 189 |
Labor and the Nation | 192 |
GoldWaters 1964 Acceptance Speech | 195 |
Black Power | 198 |
1948 DNC Address | 203 |
Address to the Jury | 206 |
Carrie Chapman Catt The Crisis | 209 |
Television and the Public Interest | 211 |
Tribute to Senator Robert F Kennedy | 214 |
Opening Statement Sexual Harassment Hearings Concerning Judge Clarence Thomas | 218 |
Final Address in Support of the League of Nations | 220 |
Farewell to Baseball Address | 223 |
Cambodian Incursion Address | 224 |
Speech Before Congress | 226 |
Address to the Democratic National Convention | 229 |
Renunciation Speech On Vietnam and Not Seeking Reelection | 234 |
Commonwealth Club Address | 237 |
First Inaugural Address | 240 |
An End to History | 244 |
Address at the Democratic National Convention | 247 |
Eugene Debs The Issue 23 May 1908 | 249 |
The Childrens Era | 253 |
A LeftHanded Commencement Address | 256 |
Now We Can Begin Whats Next? | 259 |
Share Our Wealth | 261 |
Address on Taking the Oath of the U S Presidency | 264 |
The MexicanAmerican and the Church | 266 |
Statement at the Smith Act Trial | 268 |
Energy and the National GoalsA Crisis of Confidence | 271 |
Message To The Grass Roots | 274 |
Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Address | 279 |
For the Equal Rights Amendment | 282 |
Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate | 285 |
The Perils of Indifference | 287 |
Address to the Nation Pardoning Richard M Nixon | 290 |
Appeal for Support of the League of Nations | 293 |
Let Us Continue | 295 |
Have You No Sense of Decency | 298 |
Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights | 299 |
Introductions of Some Contributors | 301 |
Subject Index | 303 |
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