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1940: Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat, a phrase used by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1897 but popularized by Winston Churchill in the first of three inspirational radio addresses during the opening months of World War II. 1940: We Shall Fight on the Beaches, from the second radio talk by Winston Churchill, promising to never surrender.
Winston Churchill at Harrow School in 1941 [2] [3] George C. Marshall at Harvard University in 1947: the Marshall Plan [4] John F. Kennedy's American University speech in 1963 [2] Richard Feynman at the California Institute of Technology in 1974: "Cargo cult science" [5] Joseph Brodsky at the University of Michigan in 1988: "Speech at the ...
Inspirational Graduation Quotes 32. “I urge you to set aside your labels and explore what your principles say about the world you wish to serve. Because beliefs are our anchors.” — Stacey Abrams
Robert F. Kennedy's remarks at the University of Kansas were given on March 18, 1968. He spoke about student protests, the Vietnam War , and the gross national product . At the time, Kennedy's words on the latter subject went relatively unnoticed, but they have since become famous.
Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday after administrators who had initially adopted a permissive approach said the protest had crossed a line ...
Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech entitled "Religious Witness for Human Dignity" was presented at Goodwin Stadium, Arizona State University on June 3, 1964. Introduction by ASU President G. Homer Durham. This recording is followed by a brief recording of King's remarks to NAACP supporters at the Tanner AME Church in Phoenix earlier in the same ...
Gov. Hochul’s administration dragged its feet for months on green-lighting a large-scale migrant housing facility in Queens, delaying its opening at a time when dozens of asylum seekers resorted ...
Patton's words were later written down by a number of troops who witnessed his remarks, and so a number of iterations exist with differences in wording. [21] Historian Terry Brighton constructed a full speech from a number of soldiers who recounted the speech in their memoirs, including Gilbert R. Cook , Hobart R. Gay , and other junior ...