Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches In HistoryWilliam Safire W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 M10 5 - 1157 pages The definitive compendium of classic and modern oratory expanded—with a new preface on what makes a speech "great." An instant classic when it was first published a decade ago and now enriched by seventeen new speeches, Lend Me Your Ears contains more than two hundred outstanding moments of oratory. It is selected, arranged, and introduced by William Safire, who honed his skills as a presidential speechwriter. He is considered by many to be America's most influential political columnist and most elegant explicator of our language. Covering speeches from Demosthenes to George W. Bush, this latest edition includes the words of Cromwell to the "Rump Parliament," Orson Welles eulogizing Darryl F. Zanuck, General George Patton exhorting his troops before D-Day, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaking on Bush v. Gore. A new section incorporates speeches that were never delivered: what Kennedy was scheduled to say in Dallas; what Safire wrote for Nixon if the first moon landing met with disaster; and what Clinton originally planned to say after his grand jury testimony but swapped for a much fiercer speech. |
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... Issue of " Bloody Kansas " Senator Stephen Douglas Differs with Lincoln on the " Popular Sovereignty " Decision on Slavery John Cabell Breckinridge Disputes 295 298 303 Colonel E. D. Baker's Charge of Treason Henry Cabot Lodge Speaks on ...
... Issue of " Bloody Kansas " Senator Stephen Douglas Differs with Lincoln on the " Popular Sovereignty " Decision on Slavery John Cabell Breckinridge Disputes 295 298 303 Colonel E. D. Baker's Charge of Treason Henry Cabot Lodge Speaks on ...
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... War Crimes Trials as Ex Post Facto Law 713 694 703 696 Governor Kissin ' Jim Folsom of Alabama Startles the South with a Concern for the Negro 718 684 Senator Margaret Chase Smith Issues a " Declaration of Conscience 16 CONTENTS.
... War Crimes Trials as Ex Post Facto Law 713 694 703 696 Governor Kissin ' Jim Folsom of Alabama Startles the South with a Concern for the Negro 718 684 Senator Margaret Chase Smith Issues a " Declaration of Conscience 16 CONTENTS.
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Great Speeches In History William Safire. Senator Margaret Chase Smith Issues a " Declaration of Conscience " against Senator Joseph McCarthy 722 Malcolm X Exhorts Afro - Americans to Confront White Oppression 726 739 Holocaust Witness ...
Great Speeches In History William Safire. Senator Margaret Chase Smith Issues a " Declaration of Conscience " against Senator Joseph McCarthy 722 Malcolm X Exhorts Afro - Americans to Confront White Oppression 726 739 Holocaust Witness ...
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... Issue of Civil Rights President Harry Truman Whistle - Stops the Nation , Blasting the " Do - Nothing " Congress Adlai Stevenson Makes the Model of a Concession Speech 962 959 Premier Nikita Khrushchev , in a " Secret Speech , " Tears ...
... Issue of Civil Rights President Harry Truman Whistle - Stops the Nation , Blasting the " Do - Nothing " Congress Adlai Stevenson Makes the Model of a Concession Speech 962 959 Premier Nikita Khrushchev , in a " Secret Speech , " Tears ...
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... issues being debated . The clash is the thing ; the retort and riposte ( exemplified by the Bentsen - Quayle debate herein ) gets the play , as the return is watched more closely than the serve . In the same way , the confrontational ...
... issues being debated . The clash is the thing ; the retort and riposte ( exemplified by the Bentsen - Quayle debate herein ) gets the play , as the return is watched more closely than the serve . In the same way , the confrontational ...
Contents
IV | 41 |
V | 47 |
VI | 48 |
VII | 51 |
VIII | 56 |
IX | 59 |
X | 61 |
XI | 63 |
CXXIX | 533 |
CXXX | 535 |
CXXXI | 537 |
CXXXII | 543 |
CXXXIII | 545 |
CXXXIV | 547 |
CXXXV | 549 |
CXXXVI | 551 |
XII | 67 |
XIII | 71 |
XIV | 74 |
XV | 79 |
XVI | 83 |
XVII | 89 |
XVIII | 91 |
XIX | 93 |
XX | 95 |
XXI | 96 |
XXII | 101 |
XXIII | 103 |
XXIV | 107 |
XXV | 110 |
XXVI | 111 |
XXVII | 113 |
XXVIII | 116 |
XXIX | 120 |
XXX | 121 |
XXXI | 130 |
XXXII | 133 |
XXXIII | 136 |
XXXIV | 143 |
XXXV | 146 |
XXXVI | 151 |
XXXVII | 156 |
XXXVIII | 158 |
XXXIX | 162 |
XL | 166 |
XLI | 170 |
XLII | 175 |
XLIII | 177 |
XLIV | 183 |
XLV | 185 |
XLVI | 186 |
XLVII | 190 |
XLVIII | 192 |
XLIX | 195 |
L | 201 |
LI | 204 |
LII | 206 |
LIII | 210 |
LIV | 213 |
LV | 216 |
LVI | 221 |
LVII | 223 |
LVIII | 226 |
LIX | 229 |
LX | 231 |
LXI | 233 |
LXII | 236 |
LXIII | 240 |
LXIV | 241 |
LXV | 244 |
LXVI | 249 |
LXVII | 251 |
LXVIII | 255 |
LXIX | 257 |
LXX | 264 |
LXXI | 267 |
LXXII | 270 |
LXXIII | 283 |
LXXIV | 295 |
LXXV | 298 |
LXXVI | 303 |
LXXVII | 307 |
LXXVIII | 313 |
LXXIX | 317 |
LXXX | 321 |
LXXXI | 331 |
LXXXII | 337 |
LXXXIII | 339 |
LXXXIV | 344 |
LXXXV | 347 |
LXXXVI | 350 |
LXXXVII | 356 |
LXXXVIII | 360 |
LXXXIX | 363 |
XC | 369 |
XCI | 378 |
XCII | 383 |
XCIII | 385 |
XCIV | 391 |
XCV | 393 |
XCVI | 397 |
XCVII | 403 |
XCVIII | 406 |
XCIX | 409 |
C | 418 |
CI | 421 |
CII | 423 |
CIII | 425 |
CIV | 431 |
CV | 435 |
CVI | 443 |
CVII | 449 |
CVIII | 451 |
CIX | 453 |
CX | 459 |
CXI | 460 |
CXII | 464 |
CXIII | 470 |
CXIV | 473 |
CXVI | 476 |
CXVII | 479 |
CXVIII | 485 |
CXIX | 488 |
CXX | 493 |
CXXI | 496 |
CXXII | 499 |
CXXIII | 501 |
CXXIV | 506 |
CXXV | 511 |
CXXVI | 516 |
CXXVII | 519 |
CXXVIII | 527 |
CXXXVII | 556 |
CXXXVIII | 558 |
CXXXIX | 560 |
CXL | 565 |
CXLI | 567 |
CXLII | 574 |
CXLIII | 578 |
CXLIV | 589 |
CXLV | 591 |
CXLVI | 595 |
CXLVII | 598 |
CXLVIII | 606 |
CXLIX | 611 |
CL | 613 |
CLI | 617 |
CLII | 619 |
CLIII | 624 |
CLIV | 628 |
CLV | 634 |
CLVI | 639 |
CLVII | 646 |
CLVIII | 655 |
CLIX | 657 |
CLX | 672 |
CLXI | 678 |
CLXII | 681 |
CLXIII | 684 |
CLXIV | 686 |
CLXV | 690 |
CLXVI | 694 |
CLXVII | 696 |
CLXVIII | 700 |
CLXIX | 703 |
CLXX | 705 |
CLXXI | 710 |
CLXXII | 713 |
CLXXIII | 718 |
CLXXIV | 722 |
CLXXV | 726 |
CLXXVI | 735 |
CLXXVII | 739 |
CLXXVIII | 744 |
CLXXIX | 751 |
CLXXX | 758 |
CLXXXI | 763 |
CLXXXIII | 765 |
CLXXXIV | 771 |
CLXXXV | 779 |
CLXXXVI | 788 |
CLXXXVII | 797 |
CLXXXVIII | 805 |
CLXXXIX | 812 |
CXC | 817 |
CXCI | 823 |
CXCII | 828 |
CXCIII | 837 |
CXCIV | 846 |
CXCV | 851 |
CXCVI | 853 |
CXCVII | 860 |
CXCVIII | 862 |
CXCIX | 870 |
CC | 872 |
CCI | 877 |
CCII | 885 |
CCIII | 887 |
CCIV | 891 |
CCV | 894 |
CCVI | 901 |
CCVII | 909 |
CCVIII | 913 |
CCIX | 915 |
CCX | 922 |
CCXI | 927 |
CCXII | 932 |
CCXIII | 936 |
CCXIV | 942 |
CCXV | 954 |
CCXVI | 956 |
CCXVII | 959 |
CCXVIII | 962 |
CCXIX | 969 |
CCXX | 973 |
CCXXI | 977 |
CCXXII | 985 |
CCXXIII | 998 |
CCXXIV | 1002 |
CCXXV | 1005 |
CCXXVI | 1010 |
CCXXVII | 1019 |
CCXXVIII | 1025 |
CCXXIX | 1030 |
CCXXX | 1040 |
CCXXXI | 1046 |
CCXXXII | 1056 |
CCXXXIII | 1058 |
CCXXXIV | 1065 |
CCXXXV | 1073 |
CCXXXVI | 1075 |
CCXXXVII | 1077 |
CCXXXVIII | 1084 |
CCXXXIX | 1089 |
CCXL | 1093 |
CCXLI | 1098 |
CCXLII | 1104 |
CCXLIII | 1109 |
CCXLIV | 1114 |
CCXLV | 1118 |
CCXLVI | 1125 |
CCXLVII | 1133 |
CCXLVIII | 1135 |
CCXLIX | 1139 |
CCL | 1142 |
CCLI | 1147 |
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