American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young PeopleSuzanne McIntire John Wiley & Sons, 2002 M07 15 - 304 páginas The history of the United States has been characterized by ferventidealism, intense struggle, and radical change. And for everycritical, defining moment in American history, there were thosewhose impassioned voices rang out, clear and true, and whose wordscompelled the minds and hearts of all who heard them. When PatrickHenry declared, "Give me liberty, or give me death!", when MartinLuther King Jr. said, "I have a dream", Americans listened and wereprofoundly affected. These speeches stand today as testaments tothis great nation made up of individuals with bold ideas andunshakeable convictions. The American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for YoungPeople includes over 100 speeches by founding fathers, patriots,Native American and African American leaders, abolitionists,women's suffrage and labor activists, writers, athletes, and othersfrom all walks of life, featuring inspiring and unforgettablespeeches by such notable speakers as: Patrick Henry * Thomas Jefferson * Tecumseh * Frederick Douglass *Sojourner Truth * Abraham Lincoln * Susan B. Anthony * Mother Jones* Lou Gehrig * Franklin D. Roosevelt * Albert Einstein * Pearl S.Buck * Langston Hughes * John F. Kennedy * Martin Luther KingJr. These are the voices that shaped our history. They are powerful,moving, and, above all else, uniquely American. |
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Solomon Stockbridge Chief 1775 We Have Ever Been True Friends | 20 |
Clarence Darrow 1924 In Defense of Leopold and Loeb | 149 |
Alfred E Smith 1928 Anything UnAmerican Cannot Live in the Sunlight | 153 |
Franklin D Roosevelt 1933 The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself | 155 |
Lou Gehrig 1939 The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth | 158 |
Harold Ickes 1941 What Constitutes an American? | 160 |
Franklin D Roosevelt 1941 A Date Which Will Live in Infamy | 162 |
Learned Hand 1944 The Spirit of Liberty | 165 |
Dwight D Eisenhower 1944 The Eyes of the World Are upon You | 167 |
Samuel Adams 1776 To the Continental Congress | 22 |
Benjamin Franklin 1787 To the Constitutional Convention | 25 |
Jonathan Smith 1788 To the Massachusetts Convention | 28 |
George Washington 1796 Observe Good Faith and Justice towards All Nations | 31 |
Thomas Jefferson 1801 First Inaugural Address | 34 |
Red Jacket Seneca Chief 1805 We Never Quarrel about Religion | 36 |
Tecumseh Shawnee Chief 1811 Sleep Not Longer O Choctaws and Chickasaws | 39 |
Pushmataha Choctaw Chief 1824 Welcome to Lafayette | 42 |
Daniel Webster 1825 Bunker Hill Oration | 43 |
Black Hawk Sauk Chief 1832 Farewell to Black Hawk | 46 |
Sam Houston 1836 Remember the Alamo | 49 |
Elijah Lovejoy 1837 In Defense of a Free Press | 51 |
Angelina Grimke 1838 What Has the North to Do with Slavery? | 53 |
Henry Highland Garnet 1843 The Call to Rebellion | 56 |
Lewis Richardson 1846 My Grave Shall Be Made in Free Soil | 58 |
Thomas Corwin 1847 Against War with Mexico | 61 |
Frederick Douglass 1847 If I Had a Country I Should Be a Patriot | 64 |
Henry Clay 1850 A Call for a Measure of Compromise | 67 |
Sojourner Truth 1851 If You Have Womans Rights Give Them to Her | 69 |
Frederick Douglass 1852 What to the American Slave Is Your Fourth of July? | 71 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1854 On the Fugitive Slave Law | 73 |
Seattle Duwamish Chief 1854 We Will Dwell Apart and in Peace | 76 |
Lucy Stone 1855 A Disappointed Woman | 79 |
Abraham Lincoln 1858 A House Divided | 81 |
Stephen Douglas 1858 Sixth LincolnDouglas Debate | 83 |
John Brown 1859 To the Court after Sentencing | 85 |
William Lloyd Garrison 1859 On the Death of John Brown | 87 |
Jefferson Davis 1861 Farewell to the Senate | 89 |
Abraham Lincoln 1863 The Gettysburg Address | 91 |
Abraham Lincoln 1865 With Malice toward None with Charity for All | 93 |
Henry M Turner 1868 I Hold That I Am a Member of This Body | 95 |
George Graham Vest 1870 Eulogy on the Dog | 97 |
Cochise Chiricahua Apache Chief 1872 We Will Remain at Peace with Your People Forever | 99 |
Susan B Anthony 1873 Are Women Persons? | 101 |
Chief Joseph Nez Perce 1877 I Will Fight No More Forever | 104 |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1892 The Solitude of Self | 106 |
William Jennings Bryan 1896 A Cross of Gold | 109 |
Russell Conwell late 1890s Acres of Diamonds | 112 |
Harry Gladstone 1898 To the Machine Tenders Union | 116 |
Mother Jones 1901 To the United Mine Workers of America | 117 |
Florence Kelley 1905 Freeing the Children from Toil | 120 |
Mark Twain 1906 In Behalf of Simplified Spelling | 122 |
Theodore Roosevelt 1910 Citizenship in a Republic | 125 |
Rose Schneiderman 1911 On the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire | 127 |
John Jay Chapman 1912 The Coatesville Address | 129 |
Stephen S Wise 1914 Tribute to Lincoln | 133 |
Woodrow Wilson 1915 An Oath of Allegiance to a Great Ideal | 135 |
Anna Howard Shaw 1915 The Fundamental Principle of a Republic | 137 |
Woodrow Wilson 1917 The World Must Be Made Safe for Democracy | 140 |
Emma Goldman 1917 First Make Democracy Safe in America | 143 |
Eugene V Debs 1918 While There Is a Lower Class I Am in It | 146 |
Franklin D Roosevelt 1944 The Fala Address | 169 |
Douglas MacArthur 1944 People of the Philippines I Have Returned | 171 |
Roland Gittelsohn 1945 Eulogy at the Marine Corps Cemetery | 173 |
Albert Einstein 1947 To the United Nations | 176 |
Margaret Chase Smith 1950 The Four Horsemen of Calumny | 179 |
William Faulkner 1950 I Decline to Accept the End of Man | 182 |
Pearl Buck 1951 Forbidden to Speak at Cardozo High School Graduation | 184 |
Charlotta Bass 1952 Let My People Go | 187 |
Richard Nixon 1952 The Checkers Speech | 190 |
Martin Luther King Jr 1955 There Comes a Time When People Get Tired | 192 |
Langston Hughes 1957 On the Blacklist All Our Lives | 194 |
Roy Wilkins 1957 The Clock Will Not Be Turned Back | 197 |
John F Kennedy 1961 Ask What You Can Do for Your Country | 200 |
Douglas MacArthur 1962 Duty Honor Country | 204 |
John F Kennedy 1963 Let Them Come to Berlin | 206 |
Martin Luther King Jr 1963 I Have a Dream | 208 |
Charles B Morgan Jr 1963 Four Little Girls Were Killed | 211 |
Earl Warren 1963 Eulogy for President John F Kennedy | 214 |
Malcolm X 1964 The Ballot or the Bullet | 216 |
Barry Goldwater 1964 Extremism in the Defense of Liberty Is No Vice | 220 |
Mario Savio 1964 History Has Not Ended | 223 |
Lyndon Baines Johnson 1965 We Shall Overcome | 225 |
Adlai Stevenson 1965 To the United Nations | 229 |
William Sloane Coffin Jr 1967 The Anvil of Individual Conscience | 231 |
Cesar Chavez 1968 God Help Us to Be Men | 234 |
J William Fulbright 1968 The Focus Is Vietnam | 236 |
Martin Luther King Jr 1968 Ive Been to the Mountaintop | 239 |
Robert F Kennedy 1968 On the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr | 242 |
Shirley Chisholm 1969 The Business of America Is War | 245 |
Frank James 1970 On the 350th Anniversary of Plymouth | 248 |
Archibald Cox 1971 The Price of Liberty to Speak the Truth | 251 |
Barbara Jordan 1974 My Faith in the Constitution Is Whole | 253 |
Richard Nixon 1974 I Shall Resign the Presidency | 256 |
Silvio Conte 1975 I Must Raise a Beef about This Bill | 258 |
Dr Seuss 1977 Commencement Address at Lake Forest College | 260 |
Esther Cohen 1981 At the Liberators Conference | 261 |
Samantha Smith 1983 Look Around and See Only Friends | 263 |
Ronald Reagan 1986 To the Nation on the Challenger Disaster | 266 |
Thurgood Marshall 1987 On the Bicentennial of the Constitution | 268 |
Ronald Reagan 1987 Mr Gorbachev Tear Down This Wall | 271 |
Jesse Jackson 1988 To the Democratic National Convention | 274 |
Daniel Inouye 1993 To the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team | 276 |
Cal Ripken Jr 1995 To His Fans | 279 |
Charles S Robb 2000 They Died for That Which Can Never Burn | 281 |
Appendix To the Young Speaker | 285 |
Permissions | 287 |
Photo Credits | 288 |
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