Archive for the 'speech' Category

The 2011 State of the Union Address: Enhanced Version

"President Obama speaks about moving forward to create jobs, out-compete in the global economy by investing in innovation and education, and win the future for our children and our country. This enhanced version features charts, graphs and other visual aids that accompany the President's speech. January 25, 2010."
 

Faulkner’s Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature

"There are no longer problems of the spirit. There is only the question: When will I be blown up? Because of this, the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat."
 

The Hottest Rhetorical Device of Campaign ‘08

"Your temper is very quick, my friend. But until you learn to master your rage—" "Your rage will become your master? That's what you were gonna say, right? Right?" "...Not necessarily."
 

Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech

"This moment, this moment, this election is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive."
 

A More Perfect Union

I haven't had a chance to sit down and watch this in it's entirety yet. I sort of want to devote 40 minutes of undivided attention to it, because I'm pretty sure it's going to make me want to punch the air in an upward motion.