I See the Promised Land, April 3, 1968
Memphis, Tennessee
Thank you very kindly, my friends. As I listened to Ralph Abernathy in his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about. It’s always good to have your closest friend and associate say something good about you. And Ralph [...]
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Martin Luther King Jr.: I See the Promised Land (“I’ve been to the mountain top”)
Posted in Martin Luther King Speeches, tagged History, I See the Promised Land, I've been to the mountain top, Martin Luther King Jr., Politics, Speeches, writing on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hitler’s Order of the Day Calling for Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece
Posted in Adolf Hitler Speeches, tagged Adolf Hitler, April 6 1941, Greece, History, Speeches, writing, WWII, Yugoslavia on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hitler’s Order of the Day Calling for Invasion of Yugoslovia and Greece, Berlin, April 6, 1941
SOLDIERS OF THE SOUTHEAST FRONT:
Since early this morning the German people are at war with the Belgrade government of intrigue. We shall only lay down arms when this band of ruffians has been definitely and most emphatically eliminated, and the [...]
Winston Churchill: Be Ye Men of Valour – May 19, 1940
Posted in Winston Churchill, tagged Be Ye Men of Valour, History, Politics, Speeches, Winston Churchill, WWII on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Be Ye Men of Valour
BBC, May 19, 1940
First Broadcast as Prime Minister to the British People
By May 14, the news from the front was uniformly bad. The Germans had broken through the French defences at Sedan, and everywhere the French forces were reeling under a devastating barrage from land and air. “At almost all points [...]
