Agreatspeechcanstirthesoul--andmoveanation.Thiscompactandaffordableanthologygatherscompletespeechesandselectedexcerptsfromsomeofthetwentiethcentury’smostmemorableaddresses.Writersandspeakersinsearchofmemorablequotationswillappreciatethiscollection,aswillanyreaderseekinghistoricalwisdomandinspiration.FeaturedspeakersincludeWinstonChurchill,rousingtheBritishtodefendtheirlivesandhomesagainsttheNazis;MohandasGandhi,advocatingnon-violentresistancetodeplorablelivingconditions;andFranklinDelanoRoosevelt,calmingthenation’sfearsduringtheGreatDepression.AdditionalorationsincludethoseofBarackObama,MartinLutherKing,MalcolmX,RonaldReagan,ElieWiesel,theDalaiLama,C矇sarCh獺vez,andmanyothers.IncludesthreeselectionsfromtheCommonCoreStateStandardsInitiative:Blood,Toil,TearsandSweat:AddresstoParliamentonMay13th,1940,IHaveaDream,andRemarkstotheSenateinSupportofaDeclarationofConscience.
