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Quotations for public speakers : a historical, literary, and political anthology / edited by Robert G. Torricelli.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: xii, 302 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0813528895
  • 9780813528892
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.51 21
LOC classification:
  • PN4193.I5 Q68 2001
Contents:
Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Action -- 2. Age and Aging -- 3. America -- 4. The Arts -- 5. Character and Ethics -- 6. Competition and Sports -- 7. Courage -- 8. Crisis and Conflict -- 9. Death and Eulogies -- 10. Democracy -- 11. Economy -- 12. Education -- 13. The Environment and Agriculture -- 14. Equality -- 15. Family -- 16. Fate -- 17. Founding Fathers -- 18. Global Affairs -- 19. Government -- 20. Honesty and Trust -- 21. Humanity -- 22. Idealism -- 23. Ideas and Words -- 24. Individualism -- 25. Justice -- 26. Knowledge and Experience -- 27. Labor -- 28. Latin Quotations -- 29. Law -- 30. Leadership -- 31. Liberty -- 32. Love and Friendship -- 33. The Media -- 34. Past, Present, and Future -- 35. Patriotism -- 36. Peace -- 37. Political Parties -- 38. Politics and Diplomacy -- 39. Poverty -- 40. Progress and Change -- 41. Race and Ethnicity -- 42. Religion and Faith -- 43. Responsibility -- 44. Science and Technology -- 45. Society -- 46. U.S. Government -- 47. Unity -- 48. Urban Affairs -- 49. War -- 50. Youth -- Bibliography -- Permissions -- Index.
Summary: Compiles over 2,000 quotations by almost 1,000 authors on more than fifty subjects including age and aging, education, friendship, idealism, unity, society, race and ethnicity, and leadership.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index.

Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Action -- 2. Age and Aging -- 3. America -- 4. The Arts -- 5. Character and Ethics -- 6. Competition and Sports -- 7. Courage -- 8. Crisis and Conflict -- 9. Death and Eulogies -- 10. Democracy -- 11. Economy -- 12. Education -- 13. The Environment and Agriculture -- 14. Equality -- 15. Family -- 16. Fate -- 17. Founding Fathers -- 18. Global Affairs -- 19. Government -- 20. Honesty and Trust -- 21. Humanity -- 22. Idealism -- 23. Ideas and Words -- 24. Individualism -- 25. Justice -- 26. Knowledge and Experience -- 27. Labor -- 28. Latin Quotations -- 29. Law -- 30. Leadership -- 31. Liberty -- 32. Love and Friendship -- 33. The Media -- 34. Past, Present, and Future -- 35. Patriotism -- 36. Peace -- 37. Political Parties -- 38. Politics and Diplomacy -- 39. Poverty -- 40. Progress and Change -- 41. Race and Ethnicity -- 42. Religion and Faith -- 43. Responsibility -- 44. Science and Technology -- 45. Society -- 46. U.S. Government -- 47. Unity -- 48. Urban Affairs -- 49. War -- 50. Youth -- Bibliography -- Permissions -- Index.

Compiles over 2,000 quotations by almost 1,000 authors on more than fifty subjects including age and aging, education, friendship, idealism, unity, society, race and ethnicity, and leadership.

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