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The sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., comprise an extensive catalog of American writing and oratory – some of which are internationally well-known, while others remain unheralded and await rediscovery. Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent African-American clergyman, a leader in the civil rights movement and a Nobel Peace Prize ...
Allow me to not-so-humble brag for a second: I’m really good at wedding speeches.I’ve now officiated four weddings, given a best man speech, delivered a half dozen wedding toasts and I’ve ...
A further collection of poems, Dancer's End and The Wedding Gift, were published in 1951, and all his poems were published in one volume in 1990. Powell said the first two volumes were "dominated by the War – the War foreseen, the War imminent, and the War actual", and the second group were a "response to a brief period...of intense emotional ...
speech, depicted in an 1876 lithograph by Currier and Ives and now housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. " Give me liberty or give me death! " is a quotation attributed to American politician and orator Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond ...
Speech at Springfield by Lincoln, June 16, the "Lincoln's House Divided Speech" speech (in the volume, the erroneous date June 17 is given) Speech at Chicago by Douglas, July 9; Speech at Chicago by Lincoln, July 10; Speech at Bloomington by Douglas, July 16; Speech at Springfield by Douglas, July 17 (Lincoln was not present)
A 15-year-old’s speech to her stepmom at the wedding will leave you in tears. “Beth, I’m so happy to finally be able to call you officially as my stepmom.”
On May 1, 2003, United States President George W. Bush gave a televised speech on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Bush, who had launched the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq six weeks earlier, mounted a podium before a White House-produced banner that read "Mission Accomplished". Reading from a prepared text, he said, "Major combat ...
The Philippics ( Latin: Philippicae, singular Philippica) are a series of 14 speeches composed by Cicero in 44 and 43 BC, condemning Mark Antony. Cicero likened these speeches to those of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon; [ 1] both Demosthenes' and Cicero's speeches became known as Philippics. Cicero's Second Philippic is styled after ...