the171 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Speech that is at most 10 minutes and at least 5. Nothing too popular, but it must be memorable. Go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Operation Northwoods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The Gettysburg Address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) I actually think that would be excellent. It is a sobering look at what the political elite are capable of. Edit: Mine, not FP's. I am way cooler than him. [b]Operation Northwoods[/b] was a series of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flag"]false-flag[/url] proposals that originated in 1962 within the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government"]United States government[/url], and which the Kennedy administration rejected.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods#cite_note-2"][2][/url][/sup] The proposals called for the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency"]Central Intelligence Agency[/url] (CIA), or other operatives, to commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities and elsewhere. These acts of terrorism were to be blamed on [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba"]Cuba[/url] in order to create public support for a war against that nation, which had recently become communist under [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro"]Fidel Castro[/url].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods#cite_note-3"][3][/url][/sup] One part of Operation Northwoods was to "develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington." Operation Northwoods proposals included hijackings and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb"]bombings[/url] followed by the introduction of phony evidence that would implicate the Cuban government. It stated:[indent] [i]"The desired resultant from the execution of this plan would be to place the United States in the apparent position of suffering defensible grievances from a rash and irresponsible government of Cuba and to develop an international image of a Cuban threat to peace in the Western Hemisphere."[/i][/indent] Several other proposals were included within Operation Northwoods, including real or simulated actions against various [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._military"]U.S. military[/url] and civilian targets. The plan was drafted by the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff"]Joint Chiefs of Staff[/url], signed by Chairman [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_Lemnitzer"]Lyman Lemnitzer[/url] and sent to the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_Defense"]Secretary of Defense[/url]. Although part of the U.S. government's [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Project"]Cuban Project[/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-communist"]anti-communist[/url] initiative, Operation Northwoods was never officially accepted; it was authorized by the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff"]Joint Chiefs of Staff[/url], but then rejected by President [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy"]John F. Kennedy[/url]. Edited November 7, 2012 by Nihil Obstat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the171 Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Everyone does the Gettysburg Address. So over used. Is that a speech, NO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 [quote name='the171' timestamp='1352329655' post='2506129'] Everyone does the Gettysburg Address. So over used. Is that a speech, NO? [/quote] Ohhhh, you mean you have to talk [i]about[/i] a speech. I thought you wanted topics for a speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The 'read my lips' speech by George The First. Nothing like republican lies coming home to roost....(especially given the current events of today) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomaly Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Do an Obama speech on abortion rights. Nothing like the majority Catholic vote coming home to roost....(especially given the current events of today). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaPetiteSoeur Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) Does the Sermon on the Mount count as a speech? In all seriousness though, this one by George VI is pretty cool: [b]In this grave hour, perhaps the most fateful in our history, I send to every household of my peoples, both at home and overseas, this message, spoken with the same depth of feeling for each one of you as if I were able to cross your threshold and speak to you myself. For the second time in the lives of most of us, we are at war. Over and over again, we have tried to find a peaceful way out of the differences between ourselves and those who are now our enemies; but it has been in vain. We have been forced into a conflict, for we are called, with our allies, to meet the challenge of a principle which, if it were to prevail, would be fatal to any civilized order in the world. It is a principle which permits a state, in the selfish pursuit of power, to disregard its treaties and its solemn pledges, which sanctions the use of force or threat of force against the sovereignty and independence of other states. Such a principle, stripped of all disguise, is surely the mere primitive doctrine that might is right, and if this principle were established through the world, the freedom of our own country and of the whole British Commonwealth of nations would be in danger. But far more than this, the peoples of the world would be kept in bondage of fear, and all hopes of settled peace and of the security, of justice and liberty, among nations, would be ended. This is the ultimate issue which confronts us. For the sake of all that we ourselves hold dear, and of the world order and peace, it is unthinkable that we should refuse to meet the challenge. It is to this high purpose that I now call my people at home, and my peoples across the seas, who will make our cause their own. I ask them to stand calm and firm and united in this time of trial. The task will be hard. There may be dark days ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield, but we can only do the right as we see the right, and reverently commit our cause to God. If one and all we keep resolutely faithful to it, ready for whatever service or sacrifice it may demand, then with God's help, we shall prevail. May He bless and keep us all.[/b] If you listen to it as read by King George VI, it runs about 5.44 minutes Edited November 8, 2012 by LaPetiteSoeur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the171 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 Our club sponsor/coach wants it to be in between 5 and 10 minutes. Just how she prefers it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) Joshua Chamberlain's address to the Mutineers on the Road to Gettysburg -- 7 minutes : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kdOKJXfTU4[/media] Edited November 8, 2012 by AnneLine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the171 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 I'd need a transcript. It is for a forensics competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) If you like the speech, this site has the transcript... Here's a link to video link AND transcript: [url="http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechgettysburg.html"]http://www.americanr...gettysburg.html[/url] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [left][u][font=Comic Sans MS]Chamberlain[/font][/u][font=Comic Sans MS]: This regiment was formed last summer in Maine. There were a thousand of us then. There are less than three hundred of us now. All of us volunteered to fight for the union, just as you did. Some came mainly because we were bored at home -- thought this looked like it might be fun. Some came because we were ashamed not to. Many of us came because it was the right thing to do. And all of us have seen men die.[/font][/left] [left][font=Comic Sans MS]This is a different kind of army. If you look back through history, you will see men fighting for pay, for women, for some other kind of loot. They fight for land, power, because a king leads them or -- or just because they like killing. But we are here for something new. This has not happened much in the history of the world. We are an army out to set other men free.[/font][/left] [left][font=Comic Sans MS]America should be free ground -- all of it. Not divided by a line between slave state and free -- all the way, from here to the Pacific Ocean. No man has to bow. No man born to royalty. Here, we judge you by what you do, not by who your father was. Here, you can be something. Here, is the place to build a home.[/font][/left] [left][font=Comic Sans MS]But it's not the land. There's always more land.[/font][/left] [left][font=Comic Sans MS]It's the idea that we all have value -- you and me.[/font][/left] [left][font=Comic Sans MS]What we're fighting for, in the end, we're fighting for each other.[/font][/left] [left][font=Comic Sans MS]Sorry, I didn't mean to preach. You, you go ahead. You talk for awhile. If you -- If you choose to join us, you want your muskets back, you can have 'em. Nothing more will be said by anybody anywhere. If you choose not to join us, well you can come along under guard, and when this is all over I will do what I can to see you get a fair treatment. But for now, we're moving out.[/font][/left] [left][font=Comic Sans MS]Gentlemen, I think if we lose this fight, we lose the war. So if you choose to join us, I'll be personally very grateful.[/font][/left] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Oh.... the171 -- that website lots of others, btw.... most with both audio and/or video AND transcripts... from movies and from speeches.... [url="http://www.americanrhetoric.com/index.htm"]http://www.americanr...c.com/index.htm[/url] Edited November 8, 2012 by AnneLine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaPetiteSoeur Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 There's also a really good one from Henry V. IT's on youtube and the full transcript is in the play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the171 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 It can't be from a play. An example would be Ronald Reagan's inauguration speech or Aristotle's apology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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