Speeches That Changed the World: Book - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847240879 ISBN 13: 9781847240873

Publisher: Quercus, 2007

Synopsis

This gripping audio pack provides genuine historical recordings of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century and is accompanied by a deluxe illustrated book containing the transcripts of these and over 30 other momentous orations from throughout history. Complete with biographies of each speaker and the stories of why the world changed as a result, this is a fascinating history of humanity told through the speeches that shaped it. This pack includes the audio of: Neville Chamberlain - 'Peace for our time'; Winston Churchill - 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat'; Winston Churchill - 'This was their finest hour'; Winston Churchill - 'Never ...was so much owed by so many to so few'; Franklin D. Roosevelt - 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'; Franklin D. Roosevelt - 'A date which will live in infamy'; General Douglas MacArthur - 'I have just left your fighting sons in Korea...They are splendid in every way'; Jawaharlal Nehru - 'At the stroke of the midnight hour...India will awake to life and freedom'; Nelson Mandela - 'I am the First Accused'; Nelson Mandela - 'Free at last'; John F. Kennedy - 'Ask not what our country can do for you'; John F. Kennedy - 'Ich bin ein Berliner'; Martin Luther King Jnr - 'I have a dream'; Martin Luther King Jnr. - 'I've seen the promised land'; and, Richard M. Nixon - 'There can be no whitewash at the White House'. The pack also includes audio of: Chaim Herzog - 'Hate, ignorance and evil'; Mother Teresa - 'Love begins at home'; Ronald Reagan - 'Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall'; F.W. de Klerk - 'The time for negotiation has arrived'; and, George W. Bush - 'A great people has been moved to defend a great nation'.

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Includes 80 minute audio CD

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'And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. And I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.' Martin Luther King.
'We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.' Winston Churchill.
'And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.' John F. Kennedy.
'I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.' Nelson Mandela.
'Where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes We Can.' Barack Obama.
Reproduced within this book are the key speeches of Elizabeth I, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela and many other major historical figures whose words have shaped our world. Each speech is accompanied by a biography of the speaker and the story of why it was significant, and will both inspire the reader and provide a greater understanding of these turning points in history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quercus
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1847240879
• ISBN 13: 9781847240873
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224