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Quercus
Language
English
Pages
437

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Table of Contents

All men were created equal : John Ball speaks to the rebels of the Peasants' Revolt
We few, we happy few : Shakespeare's Henry V emboldens his troops before Agincourt
I have the heart and stomach of a king : Elizabeth I inspires her troops to face the Spanish Armada
Remember, I am your King : Charles I at his trial for treason
Ye are a pack of mercenary wretches : Oliver Cromwell lambasts members of the Rump Parliament
A flatterer you do not wish for : Edmund Burke on the responsilbilties of a member of parliament
The representation of the many by a few : John Wilkes on the need for parliamentary reform
The total abolition of the slave trade : William Wilberforce advocates the ending of slavery
The pure principles of toleration : Charles James Fox on the need for religious liberty
I stand up to defend Thomas Paine : Thomas Erskine defends the rights of Man against charges of 'sedition'
Man has the fundamental right to state his opinion : Charles James Fox of the freedom of speech and association
The deliverance of Europe : William Pitt, the Younger, on the need to resist French expansionism
The arduous and most desperate struggle : William Pitt, the Younger, on the need for strong defences against possible invasion
Armed with the liberty of the press : Richard Brinsley Sheridan on the freedom of the press
To blast the name of an English queen! : Henry Broughham defends the reputation of Queen Caroline
Worship of a hero : Thomas Carlyle lectures on the role of 'great men' in history
The immediate suspension of the law : Sir Robert Peel on the need to repeal the Corn Laws
Civis Romanus sum...the storng arm of England : Lord Palmerston on the defending British honour abroad
The angel of death has been abroad : John Bright on the sufferings in the Crimean War
The noblest government in the world : Benjamin Disraeli on the virtues of monarchy and the House of Lords
It is his duty to protest : William Ewart Gladstone on the need for home rule in Ireland
Methods of barbarism : Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman on the treatment of the Boers
Their day of reckoning is at hand : David Lloyd George attacks the vested interests of landowners and landlords
A fit country for heroes to live in : David Lloyd George on Britain's prospects following the Great War
Glittering prizes : Lord birkenhead on the need to counter 'idealism' in foreign affairs
The king has made his decision : Stanley Baldwin on events surrounding the abdication of Edward VIII
The woman I love : Edward VIII on his decision to abdicate
The suppression of all that we hold dear : George VI at the first Christmas of the war
Blood, toil, tears and sweat : Winston Churchill on becoming prime minister and the challenges of war
We shall fight on the beaches : Winston Churchill on the evacuation from Dunkirk and the spirit of resistance
This was their finest hour : Winston Churchill on the British determination to resist German invasion
Never in the field of human conflict : Winston Churchill on the Battle of Britain and the current state of the war
An iron curtain : Winston Churchill on the post-war world and the division of Europe
Never had it so good : Harold Macmillan on the dangers of overheating of the economy
Naked into the conference chamber : Aneurin Bevan on the determental consquences of unilateral nuclear disarmament
This affair at Hola Camp : Enoch Powell on the treatment of suspected Mau Mau in Kenya
The wind of change : Harold Macmillan on the rise of black African nationalist feeling
Fight and fight and fight again : Hugh Gaitskell on the folly of unilateral nuclear disarmament
The end of a thousand years of history : Hugh Gaitskell on Britain's status within a converging Europe
Never glad confident morning again : Nigel Birch on the implications of the Profumo affair
The white heat of the technological revolution : Harold Wilson on the economic potential of technological innovation
The River Tiber foaming with much blood : Enoch Powell on the consequences of race relations legislation
A serglio of enuchs : Michael Foot opposes reform proposals for the House of Lords
The lady's not for turning : Margaret Thatcher on the achievements of her Conservative government
The grotesque chaos of a Labour council : Neil Kinnock on the Labour Party's electability
Let Europe be a family of nations : Margaret Thatcher on her vision of Europe
Conflict of loyalty : Sir Geoffrey Howe on his reasons for resigning from Margeret Thatcher's government
The extraordinary and irreplaceable Diana : The 9th Earl spencer on the life of Princess Diana
The forces of conservatism : Tony Blair on 'reactionary' forces in british society and politics.

Edition Notes

Originally published: 2007.

Includes indexes.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
941
Library of Congress
PR1322 .G74 2011, PR1323

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 437 pages
Number of pages
437

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL29705844M
Internet Archive
greatbritishspee0000unse
ISBN 10
0857383272
ISBN 13
9780857383273
OCLC/WorldCat
751131002
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