Our appreciation and respect for Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is enhanced by an awareness of the fascinating ...

250 years ago this month, one of the most influential speeches in American history was delivered right here in Virginia. It was Patrick Henry’s spirited “Give Me Liberty or Give me Death” oration. Let ...

In my last column, I started the story of Patrick Henry’s legendary “Give Me Liberty” speech, uttered 250 years ago this month. I ended with a provocative statement: we actually have no idea what ...

Great political speeches in American history crystallize issues, pack a cogent moral punch and provide guideposts for human improvement. Think of President Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” ...

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, so he never knew the exact date of his birth, only that it occurred sometime in February 1818. This means that Douglass was only thirty-four years old when he ...

American citizens are turning out in huge numbers to protest the assault on bedrock rights enshrined in the Constitution, the First Amendment foremost among them. Great political speeches in American ...