01887nam a22003137i 4500 20261016202636.0 261016s1997 xx ||||| |||||||| 0|eng d 9780393040050 0393040054 (KOHALIB)isbn-9780393040050 KOHALIB eng rda KOHALIB 808.85 23 Safire, William. Lend me your ears : Great speeches in history / William Safire. New York : W.W. Norton, 1997. 1055 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier An instant classic when it was first published a decade ago and now enriched by seventeen new speeches, contains more than two hundred outstanding moments of oratory. It is selected, arranged, and introduced by William Safire, who honed his skills as a presidential speechwriter. He is considered by many to be America's most influential political columnist and most elegant explicator of our language. Covering speeches from Demosthenes to George W. Bush, this latest edition includes the words of Cromwell to the "Rump Parliament," Orson Welles eulogizing Darryl F. Zanuck, General George Patton exhorting his troops before D-Day, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaking on . A new section incorporates speeches that were never delivered: what Kennedy was scheduled to say in Dallas; what Safire wrote for Nixon if the first moon landing met with disaster; and what Clinton originally planned to say after his grand jury testimony but swapped for a much fiercer speech. Inventory: Single copy, entry 688; recorded quantity 1; damaged N/A Speeches, Addresses Speeches, Addresses, Etc. Famous Persons Addresses Politics Religion BOOK ddc 672 672 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC MAIN MAIN 2026-10-16 0 808.85 SAF LIB02118 2026-10-16 20:26:36 2026-10-16 BOOK