Famous Speeches of the Famous and the Infamous

Nobel Prize AcceptanceOslo, Norway, 10 December 2001 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Ladies and Gentlemen,Today, in Afghanistan, a girl will be born. Her mother will hold her and feed her, comfort her and care for her – just as any mother would anywhere in the world. In these […]

Abdication SpeechDecember 11th 1936 At long last I am able to say a few words of my own. I have never wanted to withhold anything, but until now it has not been constitutionally possible for me to speak.A few hours ago I discharged my last duty as King and Emperor, and now that I have

Capture of Saddam HusseinDecember 14, 2003 Good afternoon. Yesterday, December the 13th, at around 8:30 p.m. Baghdad time, United States military forces captured Saddam Hussein alive. He was found near a farmhouse outside the city of Tikrit, in a swift raid conducted without casualties. And now the former dictator of Iraq will face the justice

Invasion of NormandyEngland – May 17th 1944 Men, this stuff some sources sling around about America wanting to stay out of the war and not wanting to fight is a lot of baloney! The Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. America loves a winner. America will

Duty, Honour, CountryAcceptance Speech for the Thayer Award fromWest Point, May 12, 1962 General Westmoreland, General Groves, distinguished guests, and gentlemen of the Corps:As I was leaving the hotel this morning, a doorman asked me, ”Where are you bound for, General?” and when I replied, ”West Point,” he remarked, ”Beautiful place, have you ever been

Rivers of BloodAnnual General Meeting of the West Midlands Area Conservative Political CentreBirmingham, England, April 20, 1968 The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils. In seeking to do so, it encounters obstacles which are deeply rooted in human nature. One is that by the very order of things such evils are

Eulogy for Robert f Kennedy Your Eminences, Your Excellencies, Mr. President:On behalf of Mrs. Kennedy, her children, the parents and sisters of Robert Kennedy, I want to express what we feel to those who mourn with us today in this Cathedral and around the world.We loved him as a brother, and as a father, and

Nazi’s Aim is SlaveryJanuary 29, 1940 Edouard Daladier, Premier of France, delivered this radio address to the people of France on January 29, 1940, after the Nazis had conquered Poland and just a few months before Hitler’s armies attacked France.At the end of five months of war one thing has become more and more clear.

Obituary to Princess DianaSeptember 9th 1997 I stand before you today, the representative of a family in grief, in a country in mourning, before a world in shock.We all are united, not only in our desire to pay our respects to Diana, but rather in our need to do so, because such was her extraordinary

The Chance for PeaceApril 16th 1953 President Bryan, distinguished guests of this Association, and ladies and gentlemen: I am happy to be here. I say this and I mean it very sincerely for a number of reasons. Not the least of these is the number of friends I am honoured to count among you. Over

WWIIHouse of Commons, 7 May 1940 I intervene with reluctance in this debate. All my Honourable Friends know very well that I hesitated whether I should take part in it at all, because I thought it was more desirable that we should have a discussion in which Members not of front-bench rank should take a

Justice for IrelandFebruary 4, 1836 It appears to me impossible to suppose that the House will consider me presumptuous in wishing to be heard for a short time on this question, especially after the distinct manner in which I have been alluded to in the course of the debate. If I had no other excuse,

Against Nazi EuthanasiaAugust 3, 1941 Fellow Christians! In the pastoral letter of the German bishops of June 26, 1941, which was read out in all the Catholic churches in Germany on July 6, 1941, it states among other things: It is true that there are definite commandments in Catholic moral doctrine which are no longer

America ‘Filled with Fear’October 7, 2001 Thanks to God, he who guides will never lose. And I believe that there’s only one God. And I declare I believe there’s no prophet but Mohammed.This is America, God has sent one of the attacks by God and has attacked one of its best buildings. And this is

Against going to War with IraqWednesday, October 2, 2002, Chicagoanti-Iraq war rally Good afternoon. Let me begin by saying that although this has been billed as an anti-war rally, I stand before you as someone who is not opposed to war in all circumstances.The Civil War was one of the bloodiest acts in history, and