Speeches that Changed the World: History in the MakingHarperCollins, 1998 - 445 pages Packed with historical figures, this text is as readable summary of 3000 years. From Moses's delivery of the Ten Commandments to Nelson Mandela's Let Freedom Reign, the world has been transformed by memorable speeches. |
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... individual , and government is based upon that inalienability , then it must follow as a legitimate sequence that the functions of that government are to guard and protect the right to life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness , to ...
... individual , and government is based upon that inalienability , then it must follow as a legitimate sequence that the functions of that government are to guard and protect the right to life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness , to ...
Page 299
... individuals ; or in other words what individual sovereignty implies . It would be considered a very unjust and arbitrary , as well as an unwise thing , if the government of the United States were to pass a law compelling persons to ...
... individuals ; or in other words what individual sovereignty implies . It would be considered a very unjust and arbitrary , as well as an unwise thing , if the government of the United States were to pass a law compelling persons to ...
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... individual , then it is infamous law and worthy only of the old - time despotism ; since individual tyranny forms no part of the guarantee of , or the right to , individual freedom . It is therefore a strictly legitimate conclusion that ...
... individual , then it is infamous law and worthy only of the old - time despotism ; since individual tyranny forms no part of the guarantee of , or the right to , individual freedom . It is therefore a strictly legitimate conclusion that ...
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Moses The Ten Commandments second millennium BC | 3 |
Socrates Socrates Apology 399 BC | 15 |
Jesus Christ The Beatitudes AD 34 | 29 |
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Abraham Lincoln America army believe blessed born called Canada Day cause Changed The World child Christ Christian citizens consider Constitution Coretta Scott King dear death desire despotism duty earth Eighteenth Century enemies equal eternal evil eyes faith Father feel Free Love freedom friends gentlemen give glory God's hand happiness hath hear heart heaven hell holy honor hope human husband individual Jesus Jupiter Hammon justice King liberty live Lord Louisiana marriage masters means mercy moral mother Mother Teresa nation nature Negro never Nineteenth Century opinion ourselves peace person political poor present principle question reason slavery slaves society sorrow soul speak Speeches That Changed spirit stand strength thee things Thomas Paine thought tion tism Tony Blair truth Twentieth Century Union unto virtue voice whole wife woman women words wrath Zerubbabel