Political Speeches

Author: Cicero
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191605271
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 550

Book Description
'Two things alone I long for: first, that when I die I may leave the Roman people free...and second, that each person's fate may reflect the way he has behaved towards his country.' Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. This book presents nine speeches which reflect the development, variety, and drama of his political career,among them two speeches from his prosecution of Verres, a corrupt and cruel governor of Sicily; four speeches against the conspirator Catiline; and the Second Philippic, the famous denunciation of Mark Antony which cost Cicero his life. Also included are On the Command of Gnaeus Pompeius, in which he praises the military successes of Pompey, and For Marcellus, a panegyric in praise of the dictator Julius Caesar. These new translations preserve Cicero's rhetorical brilliance and achieve new standards of accuracy. A general introduction outlines Cicero's public career, and separate introductions explain the political significance of each of the speeches. Together with its companion volume, Defence Speeches, this edition provides an unparalleled sampling of Cicero's oratorical achievements.

Demosthenes: Selected Political Speeches

Author: Demosthenes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107021332
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311

Book Description
This edition of five of Demosthenes' Assembly speeches arguing for a military response to Philip II of Macedon is aimed at students. The extensive introduction and grammatical notes fully explicate the Greek text and provide abundant detail and up-to-date references to help readers understand the historical and literary context.

Malcolm X Speaks

Author: Malcolm X
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802132130
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Presents the major ideas expounded by the legendary leader of the Black revolution in America through selected speeches delivered from 1963 to his assassination in 1965.

Ralph J. Bunche

Author: Ralph Johnson Bunche
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472105892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
Restores the forgotten legacy of a leader for peace

Speaking My Mind

Author: Ronald Reagan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743271114
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 436

Book Description
The most important speeches of America's "Great Communicator": Here, in his own words, is the record of Ronald Reagan's remarkable political career and historic eight-year presidency.

On Government

Author: Cicero
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141912537
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 870

Book Description
These pioneering writings on the mechanics, tactics, and strategies of government were devised by the Roman Republic's most enlightened thinker.

Defence Speeches

Author: Cicero,
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199537909
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
This book presents five of Cicero's courtroom defences, including the defence of Roscius, falsely accused of murdering his father; of the consul-elect Murena, accused of electoral bribery; and of Milo, for murdering Cicero's enemy Clodius.

American Speeches Vol. 1 (LOA #166)

Author: Edward L. Widmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 840

Book Description
A historian and former presidential speechwriter presents an unprecedented two-volume collection of the greatest speeches in American history.

Preface to the Presidency

Author: Bill Clinton
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557284415
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 438

Book Description
Bill Clinton has long been touted as a master of public speaking form and political discourse. Taken from his speeches as a twenty-seven-year-old candidate for Congress though his 1992 victory speech, Preface to the Presidency reveals the power and range of his contribution to our nation's political dialogue.

Selected Works (Cicero, Marcus Tullius)

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140440997
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
Collecting the most incisive and influential writings of one of Rome's finest orators, Cicero's Selected Works is translated with an introduction by Michael Grant in Penguin Classics. Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, Cicero was a master of eloquence, and his pure literary and oratorical style and strict sense of morality have been a powerful influence on European literature and thought for over two thousand years in matters of politics, philosophy, and faith. This selection demonstrates the diversity of his writings, and includes letters to friends and statesmen on Roman life and politics; the vitriolic Second Philippic Against Antony; and his two most famous philosophical treatises, On Duties and On Old Age - a celebration of his own declining years. Written at a time of brutal political and social change, Cicero's lucid ethical writings formed the foundation of the Western liberal tradition in political and moral thought that continues to this day. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.