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`Blessed are the poor in spirit' From the Sermon on the Mount (St Matthew's Cospel), lit century AD |
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6 | (3) |
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`Turn then your face towards the Sacred Mosque' From the Surah al-Baqoroh (Qu'ran), 7th century AD |
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9 | (3) |
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`I have the heart and stomach of a king' Speech to encourage the English militia at Tilbury, 8 August 1588 |
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12 | (3) |
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`I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown' Speech on the scaffold, 30 January 1649 |
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15 | (4) |
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`In the name of God, go!' Speech dismissing the Rump Parliament, 20 April 1653 |
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19 | (3) |
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`A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils' Presidential farewell address, 17 September 7796 |
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22 | (6) |
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`We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists' Presidential inaugural address, 4 March 1801 |
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28 | (6) |
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`Soldiers of my Old Guard: I bid you farewell' Farewell speech to the Imperial Guard, 20 April 1814 |
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34 | (3) |
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`Government of the people, by the people, for the people' The Gettysburg Address, 19 November 1863 |
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37 | (3) |
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`Are women persons?' Touring lecture `Is It a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote?', February-June 1873 |
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40 | (5) |
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`I am here as a soldier' Speech on the British campaign for women's suffrage, 13 November 1915 |
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45 | (3) |
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`Ireland unfree shall never be at peace' Funeral oration for Jeremiah O'Donovan Rosso, 1 August 1915 |
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48 | (4) |
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`The world must be made safe for democracy' Speech to Congress seeking a declaration of war, 2 April 1917 |
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52 | (4) |
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`Power to the Soviets' Speech advancing Bolshevik political aims, September 1977 |
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56 | (5) |
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`I believe in the law of love' Closing speech in defence of Henry Sweet, 11 May 1926 |
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61 | (3) |
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`I have faith in the righteousness of our cause' Speech on the eve of his `Salt March', 11 March 7930 |
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64 | (5) |
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`The only thing we have to fear is fear itself Presidential inaugural address, 4 March 1933 |
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69 | (7) |
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`A date which will live in infamy' Speech to Congress seeking a declaration of war, 8 December 1941 |
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`My patience is now at an end' Speech demanding the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia, 26 September 1938 |
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76 | (7) |
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`I am from now on just first soldier of the Reich' Speech announcing war with Poland, 1 September 1939 |
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`Peace for ourtime' Statement following the Munich Conference, 30 September 1938 |
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83 | (3) |
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`It is imperative that we agree to conclude the pact' Speech to the Politburo about the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 19 August 1939 |
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86 | (5) |
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`Blood, toiI, tears and sweat' |
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91 | (8) |
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`We shall fight on the beaches' |
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`This was their finest hour' |
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`Never in the field of human conflict' |
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`An iron curtain has descended' Speeches on the Second World War and its aftermath 1940-6 |
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`The flame of French resistance must not and shall not die' Radio appeal to create the Free French forces, 18 June 1940 |
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99 | (3) |
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`Perfidy unparalleled in the history of civilized nations' Radio broadcast condemning the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941 |
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102 | (4) |
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`I am personally going to shoot that paper-hanging sonofabitch Hitler' Rallying speech to the US Third Army before D-Day, 5 June 1944 |
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106 | (4) |
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`Enduring the unendurable' Broadcast explaining Japan's surrender, 15 August 1945 |
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110 | (4) |
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`We are not only scientists; we are men, too' Speech on the atomic age and scientific responsibility, 2 November 1945 |
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114 | (3) |
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`At the stroke of the midnight hour India will awake' Speech marking the independence of India, 14 August 1947 |
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117 | (4) |
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`I have just left your fighting sons in Korea' Farewell address to Congress, 19 April 1951 |
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121 | (4) |
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`The cult of the individual' Secret speech denouncing Stalin at the 20th Communist Party Congress, 25 February 1956 |
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125 | (5) |
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`Ask not what your country can do for you' Presidential inaugural address, 20 January 1961 |
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130 | (8) |
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`Ich bin ein Berliner' Speech at the Berlin Wall defending democracy, 26 June 1963 |
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`I have a dream' Civil rights speech at the Lincoln Memorial, 28 August 1963 |
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138 | (8) |
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`I've seen the promised land' Civil rights speech on the eve of his assassination, 3 April 1968 |
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`An ideal for which I am prepared to die' Trial speech defending his actions and goals, 20 April 1064 |
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146 | (6) |
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`Free at last' Speech after ANC election victory, 2 May 1994 |
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`You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree' Speech celebrating African descent, 14 February 1965 |
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152 | (4) |
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`Who are the kidnap victims?' Address during Quebec separatist crisis, 16 October 1970 |
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156 | (5) |
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`There can be no whitewash at the White House' National address promising transparency over the Watergate affair, 30 April 1973 |
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161 | (6) |
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`The special responsibility of the women of India' Speech on the value of women's education, 23 November 1974 |
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167 | (4) |
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`Hate, ignorance and evil' United Nations address condemning anti-Semitism, 10 November 1975 |
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171 | (4) |
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`We accept to live with you in permanent peace' Address to Israeli Knesset offering peace negotiations, 20 November 1977 |
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175 | (5) |
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`Our Polish freedom costs so much' Address to his Polish compatriots, 18 June 1983 |
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180 | (4) |
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`Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!' Speech in West Berlin supporting democratic principles, 12 June 1987 |
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184 | (5) |
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`Freedom of choice is a universal principle' United Nations speech about Soviet reforms, 7 December 1988 |
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189 | (4) |
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`We live in a contaminated moral environment' Broadcast reviewing the Czech communist past, 1 January 1990 |
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193 | (4) |
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`The most hunted person of the modern age' Funeral oration for Diana, Princess of Wales, 6 September 1997 |
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197 | (4) |
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`The perils of indifference' Speech reviewing the 20th century's calamities, 12 April 1999 |
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201 | (6) |
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Today, our nation saw evil' Address to the nation after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 11 September 2001 |
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207 | (4) |
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`Our struggle has reached a defining moment' Speech asking the Irish Republican Army to abandon violence, 6 April 2005 |
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211 | (4) |
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`To the stolen generations I am sorry' Parliamentary motion apologizing to for the historic mistreatment of Australia's Aboriginal people, 13 February 2008 |
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215 | (4) |
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`America is a place where all things are possible' Speech after winning the US presidential election, 4 November 2008 |
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219 | (5) |
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| Index of speakers and key lines |
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