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Robert F. Kennedy: Remarks on the Assassination of MLK

Michael — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:11:21 +0000

Unforunately, I missed MLK day for this speech: Robert F. Kennedy’s remarks on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. are part of the Top 100 speeches in the 20th century.

Transcript and an audio version can be found at AmericanRhetoric.com

Martin Luther King Jr: I’ve been to the Mountain Top

Michael — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:21:44 +0000

A few months ago I started this blog with the speech by Martin Luther King Jr as the first post. And at that time I saved this spoken gem especially for this moment: the 100th speech.

An audio version and transcript is available at American Rhetoric.

Speeches from the DNC

Michael — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:27:42 +0000

If you haven’t had enough, here is the list of speeches I promised earlier this week. If you don’t know with which to start, I would recommend the speeches from Joe Biden, Dick Durbin, Martin Luther King III, John Lewis, Claire McCaskill, Ted Kennedy, Maya Soetoro-Ng and Mark Warner.

Madeleine Albright
Tammy Baldwin
Evan Bayh
Joe Biden
Joe Biden’s acceptance speech as VP candidate (see also the introduction by his son Beau)
Tom Daschle
Howard Dean
Dick Durbin
This is the introduction speech for Barack Obama.
Susan Eisenhower
Rahm Emanuel
Martin Luther King III
He gave this speech at the 45th anniversary of his father’s "I have a dream" speech.
Ted Kennedy
Terry Gault describes this speech as feisty and warm. The first part is an introduction by Caroline Kennedy, following a tribute to Edward M. Kennedy and finally the speech by Ted Kennedy himself.
Tim Kaine
John Kerry
Jim Leach
Patrick Leahy
John Lewis
Claire McCaskill
Janet Napolitano
Deval Patrick
Nancy Pelosi
Jack Reed
Harry Reid
Ed Rendell
It’s clear: the only thing green in John McCain’s energy plan is the billions of dollars he’s promising in tax cuts for oil companies.
Bill Richardson
I have a question for you: Is anybody here going to miss Dick Cheney?
Brian Schweitzer
Kathleen Sebelius
Maya Soetoro-Ng
Maya Soetoro-Ng is the half-sister of Barack Obama. She talks about how she grew up with her older brother.
Ted Strickland
Mark Warner

Martin Luther King, Jr: I have a dream

Michael — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:17:47 +0000

Is there any speech, that would be a better choice to start this collection of great speeches?

For those who never have heard it and those who like to hear it again.

AmericanRhetoric.com has the transcript and an audio recording of the speech.
LearningOutLoud.com provides documentaries and more of his speeches.