Notable Speeches
Pericles' Funeral Oration, Thucydides (c.460/455-399 BCE), Peloponnesian
War (Book 2.34-46) — Homage to the political ideals of ancient Athens.
- Saint Crispin's Day, Shakespeare
(Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3, ~1600) — A leader inspiring his
troops.
- The War Inevitable, Patrick Henry (March
23, 1775) — "Give me liberty of give me death".
- Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln (1838) — Presents the idea of a political religion.
- Cooper Union Speech, Abraham Lincoln (February 27, 1860) — Credited with launching his path to the presidency.
- Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln (Nov. 19, 1863)
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Gangster Government — Dr. Edwin
Vieira's Presentation at the National Press Club (June 29, 2000)
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"A Whiter Shade of Pale": Sense and
Nonsense — The Pursuit of Perfection in Law and Politics, Speech of
Janice Rogers Brown, Associate Justice, California Supreme Court, The
Federalist Society, University of Chicago Law School, April 20, 2000.
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Keepers of the Faith; Defenders of the
Light, Commencement Address of Janice Rogers Brown, Associate Justice,
California Supreme Court, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of
Law, May 24, 2003.
- Constitution Day Speech, Herbert Hoover, Sep. 17, 1935.
- Address on Constitution Day, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sep. 17, 1937.
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