Proceeding, fellow citizens, to that qualification which the constitution requires, before my entrance on the charge again conferred upon me, it is my duty to express the deep sense I entertain of this new proof of confidence from my fellow citizens at large, and the zeal with which it inspires me, so to conduct myself [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Thomas Jefferson: Second Inaugural Address (March 04, 1805)
Posted in Nineteenth Century, Thomas Jefferson, tagged Inaugural Address, March 04 1805, Thomas Jefferson on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Speech by Herr Hitler to the Reichstag on September 1, 1939
Posted in Adolf Hitler Speeches, Twentieth Century Speeches, tagged Adolf Hitler, beginning of the WWII, Germany, Invasion on Poland, Poland, September 1 1939, WW II on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Speech by Herr Hitler to the Reichstag on September 1, 1939.
FOR months we have been suffering under the torture of a problem which the Versailles Diktat created-a problem which has deteriorated until it becomes intolerable for us. Danzig was and is a German city. The Corridor was and is German. Both these territories owe their [...]
Joseph Stalin: Victory Speech Broadcast from Moscow on May 9, 1945
Posted in Joseph Stalin, Twentieth Century Speeches, tagged end of the WWII, Politics, Stalin, Victory Speech on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Comrades! Men and women compatriots!
The great day of victory over Germany has come. Fascist Germany, forced to her knees by the Red Army and the troops of our Allies, has acknowledged herself defeated and declared unconditional surrender.
On May 7 the preliminary protocol on surrender was signed in the city of Rheims. On May 8 representatives [...]
