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The Oldest Free Assemblies (In US Congress)
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en DiscursosMr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: Will you permit me on behalf of my friends and myself, to offer you my deepest and sincerest thanks for the rare and valued honor which you have done us by receiving us here today? We all feel the greatness of this honor but I…
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All Power to the Soviets!
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en Discursos“Drive nature out of the door and she will rush back through the window.†It seems that the Socialist-Revolutionary and Menshevik parties have to “learn†this simple truth time and again by their own experience. They under took to be “revolutionary democrats†and found themselves in the shoes of revolutionary democrats—they are now forced to…
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America’s Entry into the War
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en DiscursosI am in the happy position of being, I think, the first British Minister of the Crown who, speaking on behalf of the people of this country, can salute the American Nation as comrades in arms. I am glad; I am proud. I am glad not merely because of the stupendous resources which this great…
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Proclamation to the American people
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en DiscursosMy Fellow Countrymen The entrance of our own beloved country into the grim and terrible war for democracy and human rights which has shaken the world creates so many problems of national life and action which call for immediate consideration and settlement that I hope you will permit me to address to you a few…
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U.S. Declaration of War with Germany
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en DiscursosGentlemen: By an anonymous summons, an attempt has been made to convene you together; how inconsistent with the rules of propriety, how unmilitary, and how subversive of all order and discipline, let the good sense of the army decide… Thus much, gentlemen, I have thought it incumbent on me to observe to you, to show…
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Second Inaugural Adress
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en DiscursosMy Fellow Citizens: THE four years which have elapsed since last I stood in this place have been crowded with counsel and action of the most vital interest and consequence. Perhaps no equal period in our history has been so fruitful of important reforms in our economic and industrial life or so full of significant…
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On the Eve of a Revolution
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en DiscursosThe streets of Petrograd again speak the language of 1905. As in the time of the Russo-Japanese war, the masses demand bread, peace, and freedom. As in 1905, street cars are not running and newspapers do not appear. The workingmen let the steam out of the boilers, they quit their benches and walk out into…
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Appeal for national service, Ottawa
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en DiscursosThe worldwide struggle in which our Empire is fighting for its rights, its liberties, and its very existence has continued for more than two years. Every effort that could honourably be made on our part to avert war was put forth with the deepest earnestness and sincerity. There was no escape from the contest save…
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Speech of Acceptance in Democratic Convention
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en DiscursosSenator James, Gentlemen of the Notification Committee, Fellow-Citizens: I cannot accept the leadership and responsibility which the National Democratic Convention has again, in such generous fashion, asked me to accept without first expressing my profound gratitude to the party for the trust it reposes in me after four years of fiery trial in the midst…
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Independence from Turkey
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en DiscursosIn the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate This is our general circular to all our Brother Moslems «0 Lord, do thou judge between us and our nation with truth; for Thou art the best judge» It is well known that of all the Moslem Rulers and Emirs, the Emirs of Mecca, the Favoured…