"I Have a Dream" Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. (1962)
Image in Public Domain
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold
these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal".
JFK'S Inaugural Address
John F. Kennedy (1961)
Photo by U.S. Embassy on Hague by Flickr, CC BY-ND
And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you ask what you
can do for your country
"House Divided" Speech
Abraham Lincoln (1858)
Image in Public Domain
a house divided against itself, cannot stand.
I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half
free.
I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall-
but I do expect it will cease to be divided.