Martin Luther King Junior - "I have a dream…"
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose
symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation
Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great
beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who
had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.
It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of
their captivity.
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I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the wake of those great architects of our history who have stood here before me, pride in the reflection that this home of legislative debate represents human liberty in the purest form yet devised.
Winston Churchill - "We shall fight them…"
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in
France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall
fight with growing confidence and growing strength in
the air…
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The Constitution imposes upon me the obligation
to "from time to time give to the Congress information
of the State of the Union." While this has
traditionally been interpreted as an annual affair,
this tradition has been broken in extraordinary times.
President Bill Clinton - "Globalisation and Progression Guildhall London 2006…"
Thank you very much. Thank you, Gordon for inviting me here today to come back to this magnificent place, for your wondrous leadership of the economy and the Treasury, and for your continued vigorous efforts to find responses to the challenges of globalization at home and around the world.
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Barack Obama Berlin speech 24/07/2008 - "People of Berlin…"
Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank you Mayor Wowereit, the Berlin Senate, the police, and most of all thank you for this welcome.
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Barack Obama Victory Speech Chicago 05/11/2009 - "If there is anyone out there…"
Victory Speech - If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
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