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 [...]
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Winston Churchill: Be Ye Men of Valour – May 19, 1940
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George H. W. Bush: Address to the Nation on Panama – December 20, 1989
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Bush justifies United States military intervention (Operation Just Cause) in Panama in terms of Noriega’s attacks on Americans. He vows to uphold democracy in Panama and to fully implement the Panama Canal treaties.
My fellow citizens, last night I ordered U.S. military forces to Panama. No President takes such action lightly. This morning I want to [...]
Bill Clinton: First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1993
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My fellow citizens, today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal. This ceremony is held in the depth of winter, but by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring, a spring reborn in the world’s oldest democracy that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent America. [...]
