http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jamesmcgreeveyresignation.htm Good afternoon: Throughout my life I have grappled with my own identity -- who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent, in fact, confused. By virtue of my traditions and my...
Lire la suitehttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfk1960dnc.htm Governor Stevenson, Senator Johnson, Mr. Butler, Senator Symington, Senator Humphrey, Speaker Rayburn, fellow Democrats, I want to express my thanks to Governor Stevenson for his generous and heart-warming...
Lire la suitehttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkhoustonministers.html Reverend Meza, Reverend Reck, I'm grateful for your generous invitation to state my views. While the so-called religious issue is necessarily and properly the chief topic here tonight,...
Lire la suitehttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkcubanmissilecrisis.html Good evening, my fellow citizens: This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable...
Lire la suitehttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechchariotsoffire1.html Master of Caius: I take the war list and I run down it, name after name, which I cannot read, and which we who are older than you cannot hear without emotion; names which will...
Lire la suitehttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechtheverdict.html "The Verdict" (1982) Judge Hoyle : Summation? Galvin : Well...You know, so much of the time we're just lost. We say, "Please, God, tell us what is right. Tell us what is true." I...
Lire la suitehttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechtopguncharliebriefing.html Briefing Exchange Between "Charlie," "Maverick," and "Goose" at Top Gun Flight School Commander Heatherly (Jester) : Now you'll also be trained and evaluated by a few...
Lire la suitehttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechprideoftheyankees.html Gehrig : I have been walking on ballfields for 16 years, and I've never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. I have had the great honor to have...
Lire la suitehttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechnetwork1.html Program Director : Cue Announcer Announcer : The UBS Evening News -- Program Director : Ready 2 Announcer : -- with Howard Beale Program Director : Take 2, Cue Howard Beale : Last...
Lire la suitehttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechali1.html Ali : I ain't draft-dodgin.' I ain't burnin' no flag. And I ain't runnin' to Canada. I'm stayin' right here. You wanna send me to jail? Fine, you go right ahead. I've been in jail for...
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