American political speeches /

American political speeches / edited with an introduction by Terry Golway, Richard Beeman. - New York : Penguin Books, 2012. - xxxi, 175 p. ; 20 cm. - Penguin civic classics .

City upon a hill / John Winthrop -- Give me liberty, or give me death / Patrick Henry -- Steer clear of permanent alliances / George Washington -- We are all Republicans; we are all Federalists / Thomas Jefferson -- Liberty and union, now and forever / Daniel Webster -- The hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed / Frederick Douglass -- The mystic chords of memory / Abraham Lincoln -- A new birth of freedom / Abraham Lincoln -- Malice towards none / Abraham Lincoln -- A cross of gold / William Jennings Bryan -- Corporations-- should be regulated / Theodore Roosevelt -- The man with the muck rake / Theodore Roosevelt -- The woman's hour has struck / Carrie Chapman Catt -- The most important question in this country today / Robert La Follette -- The culminating and final war for human liberty / Woodrow Wilson -- Nothing to fear but fear itself / Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Every man a king / Huey Long -- A third of the nation / Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Essential human freedoms / Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- A date which will live in infamy / Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Every nation must choose / Harry Truman -- I speak as an American / Margaret Chase Smith -- The military-industrial complex / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Ask not what your country can do for you / John F. Kennedy -- The pursuit of disarmament / John F. Kennedy -- A moral issue / John F. Kennedy -- Ich bin ein Berliner / John F. Kennedy -- I have a dream / Martin Luther King, Jr -- We shall overcome / Lyndon B. Johnson -- The great silent majority / Richard Nixon -- I have finally been included / Barbara Jordan -- I have never been a quitter / Richard Nixon -- A crisis of confidence / Jimmy Carter -- Government is the problem / Ronald Reagan -- The aggressive impulses of an evil empire / Ronald Reagan -- Tear down this wall / Ronald Reagan -- Make our people whole again / Bill Clinton -- If women are healthy and educated / Hillary Clinton -- We shall not falter / George W. Bush -- Let us brave once more the icy currents / Barack Obama.

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Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Political oratory--United States.
Presidents--United States--Messages.
Discursos--Ensayos, conferencias, etc.
Oratoria política--Estados Unidos.
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