The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches

Thedefinitivecollectionoffamousspeechesbysomeofthemostimportantfiguresinworldhistory—newlyrepackagedInthissuperbcompanionvolumetotheacclaimedPenguinBookofTwentieth-CenturySpeeches,veteranjournalistBrianMacArthurbringstogetherthewordsofmorethanonehundredinfluentialmenandwomenwhochangedandinspiredtheworldthroughthesheerpoweroftheiroratory.ThisnewlyupdatededitionincludesthebestspeechesinhistoryfromnotablemodernpoliticalfiguressuchasWinstonChurchill,JohnF.Kennedy,MahatmaGandhi,andMartinLutherKing,Jr.,aswellasfamedhistoricalfiguressuchasMoses,Cicero,andSocrates.HelpfullybrokenoutintocategoriessuchasAncientTimes(Moses,Jesus,Mohammed),TheBirthoftheUnitedStates(JohnHancock,SamuelAdams,BenjaminFranklin),andWomen’sLiberation(SusanB.Anthony,SojournerTruth,BettyFreidan),thisindispensablereferencedeservesaspotontheshelfofeverystudent,armchairhistorian,andteacher.