An edition of The great British speeches
(2007)
Great British speeches
by Simon Heffer
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GREAT BRITISH SPEECHES; ED. BY SIMON HEFFER.
2007, QUERCUS PUBLISHING
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Table of Contents
All men were created equal : John Ball speaks to the rebels of the Peasants' Revolt
We few, we happy few : Shakespeare's Henry V emboldens his troops before Agincourt
I have the heart and stomach of a king : Elizabeth I inspires her troops to face the Spanish Armada
Remember, I am your King : Charles I at his trial for treason
Ye are a pack of mercenary wretches : Oliver Cromwell lambasts members of the Rump Parliament
A flatterer you do not wish for : Edmund Burke on the responsilbilties of a member of parliament
The representation of the many by a few : John Wilkes on the need for parliamentary reform
The total abolition of the slave trade : William Wilberforce advocates the ending of slavery
The pure principles of toleration : Charles James Fox on the need for religious liberty
I stand up to defend Thomas Paine : Thomas Erskine defends the rights of Man against charges of 'sedition'
Man has the fundamental right to state his opinion : Charles James Fox of the freedom of speech and association
The deliverance of Europe : William Pitt, the Younger, on the need to resist French expansionism
The arduous and most desperate struggle : William Pitt, the Younger, on the need for strong defences against possible invasion
Armed with the liberty of the press : Richard Brinsley Sheridan on the freedom of the press
To blast the name of an English queen! : Henry Broughham defends the reputation of Queen Caroline
Worship of a hero : Thomas Carlyle lectures on the role of 'great men' in history
The immediate suspension of the law : Sir Robert Peel on the need to repeal the Corn Laws
Civis Romanus sum...the storng arm of England : Lord Palmerston on the defending British honour abroad
The angel of death has been abroad : John Bright on the sufferings in the Crimean War
The noblest government in the world : Benjamin Disraeli on the virtues of monarchy and the House of Lords
It is his duty to protest : William Ewart Gladstone on the need for home rule in Ireland
Methods of barbarism : Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman on the treatment of the Boers
Their day of reckoning is at hand : David Lloyd George attacks the vested interests of landowners and landlords
A fit country for heroes to live in : David Lloyd George on Britain's prospects following the Great War
Glittering prizes : Lord birkenhead on the need to counter 'idealism' in foreign affairs
The king has made his decision : Stanley Baldwin on events surrounding the abdication of Edward VIII
The woman I love : Edward VIII on his decision to abdicate
The suppression of all that we hold dear : George VI at the first Christmas of the war
Blood, toil, tears and sweat : Winston Churchill on becoming prime minister and the challenges of war
We shall fight on the beaches : Winston Churchill on the evacuation from Dunkirk and the spirit of resistance
This was their finest hour : Winston Churchill on the British determination to resist German invasion
Never in the field of human conflict : Winston Churchill on the Battle of Britain and the current state of the war
An iron curtain : Winston Churchill on the post-war world and the division of Europe
Never had it so good : Harold Macmillan on the dangers of overheating of the economy
Naked into the conference chamber : Aneurin Bevan on the determental consquences of unilateral nuclear disarmament
This affair at Hola Camp : Enoch Powell on the treatment of suspected Mau Mau in Kenya
The wind of change : Harold Macmillan on the rise of black African nationalist feeling
Fight and fight and fight again : Hugh Gaitskell on the folly of unilateral nuclear disarmament
The end of a thousand years of history : Hugh Gaitskell on Britain's status within a converging Europe
Never glad confident morning again : Nigel Birch on the implications of the Profumo affair
The white heat of the technological revolution : Harold Wilson on the economic potential of technological innovation
The River Tiber foaming with much blood : Enoch Powell on the consequences of race relations legislation
A serglio of enuchs : Michael Foot opposes reform proposals for the House of Lords
The lady's not for turning : Margaret Thatcher on the achievements of her Conservative government
The grotesque chaos of a Labour council : Neil Kinnock on the Labour Party's electability
Let Europe be a family of nations : Margaret Thatcher on her vision of Europe
Conflict of loyalty : Sir Geoffrey Howe on his reasons for resigning from Margeret Thatcher's government
The extraordinary and irreplaceable Diana : The 9th Earl spencer on the life of Princess Diana
The forces of conservatism : Tony Blair on 'reactionary' forces in british society and politics.
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Originally published: 2007.
Includes indexes.
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