Speeches that changed the world :

the stories and transcripts of the moments that made history /
with an introduction by Simon Sebag Montefiore.
Bibliographic Details
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : Quercus, 2007.
Subjects:
Notes:Includes sound disc.

Dust jacket available. See entry for [Miscellaneous dust jackets removed from 9B Collection items] in the NLI catalogue.

Physical description: 224 p. : ill. 28 cm.

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ISBN:9781847240873 (hbk.)
1847240879 (hbk.)
Table of Contents:
Thou shalt have no other gods before me /Moses
Blessed are the poor /Jesus of Nazereth
Turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque /Mohammed
My little sisters, the birds, much bounden are ye unto God /St francis of AssisiI have the heart and stomach of a king /Queen Elizabeth I
I go from a corruptible to an incoruptible crown /King Charles I
In the name of God, go! /Oliver Cromwell
A passionate attachment of one nation of another produces a variety of evils /George Washington
We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists /Thomas Jefferson
Soldiers of my Old Guard: I bid you farewell /Napoleon Bonaparte
The Gettysburg address /Abraham Lincoln
I am here as a soldier who has temporarily left the field of battle /Emmeline Pankhurst
The scientific history of radium is beautiful /Marie Curie
There is no salvation for India /Mohandas Gandhi
Power to the Soviets /Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
The world must be made safe for democracy /Woodrow Wilson
I believe in the law of love /Clarence Darrow
Peace for our time /Neville Chamberlain
My patience is now at an end /Adolf Hitler
I am from now on just first soldier of the German Reich /Adolf Hitler
It is essential that the war continue for al long as possible /Joseph Stalin
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat /Winston Churchill
This was their finest hour /Winston Churchill
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few /Winston Churchill
Perfidy unparalleled in the history of civilized nations /Vyacheslav Molotov
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself /Franklin D. Roosevelt
A date which will live in infamy /Franklin D. Roosevelt
At the stroke of midnight /Jawaharlal Nehru
I am the first accused /Nelson Mandela
Free at last /Nelson Mandela
These were all good men /Éamon de Valera
Ask not what your country can do for you /John F. Kennedy
Ich bin ein Berliner /John F. Kennedy
I have a dream /Martin Luther King Jr.
I've seen the promised landMartin Luther King Jr
Hate ignorance and evil /Chaim Herzog
Love begins at home /Mother Teresa
Our Polish freedom costs so much /Pope John Paul II /Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall /Ronald Reagan
Freedom of choice is a universal principle to which there should be no exceptions /Michail Gorbachev
The time for negotiation has arrived /F.W. de Klerk