Notable Speeches

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•    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)
•    Gangster Government — Dr. Edwin Vieira's Presentation at the National Press Club (June 29, 2000)
•     "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.
•     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.