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In closing he returned to his vision of America as a city on a hill: "We can be proud ... that another generation of Americans has protected and passed on lovingly this place called America, this shining city on a hill, this government of, by, and for the people." The speech lasted approximately 44 minutes and consisted of 4,955 words. [3]
"City upon a hill" is a phrase derived from the teaching of salt and light in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. [n 1] Originally applied to the city of Boston by early 17th century Puritans, it came to adopt broader use in political rhetoric in United States politics, that of a declaration of American exceptionalism, and referring to America acting as a "beacon of hope" for the world.
In his 1980 election eve speech, Ronald Reagan asserted his belief that “Americans…are every bit as committed to that vision of a shining city on a hill, as were those long ago settlers.” [18] More recently, public figures have utilized the sermon to argue how far the United States has strayed from its values.
This list of national addresses includes speeches by heads of state or heads of government, often broadcast live over various media (usually radio and television) and directed at the general public. These often take the form of an annual address near the end of the year, but can also respond to pressing current and global events.
Address to the nation regarding the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The speech is ranked as one of the ten best American political speeches of the 20th century [16] Washington, D.C. 1986: February 4: The 1986 State of the Union Address was postponed due to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In the speech Reagan calls abortion "a wound in ...
The speech was more a farewell from a past ally than an invitation to a new vision for a prosperous future. Biden is in the valley as Black voters led by young men abandon him, even while speaking ...
Katie Hill gave her impassioned final speech in Congress Thursday, amid allegations of an affair with a Capitol Hill staff member. The 32-year-old Democratic speaking publicly for the first time ...
Winston Churchill's first address to the U.S. Congress was a 30-minute World War II-era radio-broadcast speech made in the chamber of the United States Senate on December 26, 1941. The prime minister of the United Kingdom addressed a joint meeting of the bicameral legislature of the United States about the state of the UK–U.S. alliance and ...