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It was Reagan's seventh and final State of the Union Address and his eighth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker , Jim Wright , accompanied by George H. W. Bush , the vice president .
The full text of the speech at the Winthrop Family Papers, of the Massachusetts Historical Society Arbella in the Winthrop Fleet A Model of Christian Charity authored by John Winthrop " A Model of Christian Charity " is a sermon of disputed authorship, historically attributed to Puritan leader John Winthrop and possibly written by John Wilson ...
"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.
Before the speech, King allegedly told an aide that he wanted the remarks to be "a Gettysburg Address" of sorts. Read the full text of the speech as he delivered it that day:
While the 16th president delivered many historic speeches throughout his presidency, the Gettysburg Address is arguably the most famous of Lincoln's oratory remarks. RELATED: President Abraham Lincoln
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.
A Tale of Two Cities was a speech delivered by New York Governor Mario Cuomo on July 16, 1984, at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California. The speech galvanized the convention; it was watched on television by nearly 80 million people and received copious attention in the media.
For three decades, The Hill newspaper has been an integral part of the Washington scene, the place to go for the latest news from Congress, the White House and the campaign trail.