Representative American speeches, 2016-2017 - H.W. Wilson Company (Amenia, New York : Grey House Publishing, 2017)
1. To the graduating class -- Commencement speech to the University of Southern California class of 2017 / Will Ferrell -- Remarks to the Howard University class of 2017 / Kamala D. Harris -- Building collective resistance / Sheryl Sandberg -- I see you, I love you / Cory Booker -- Address to the Harvard University class of 2017 on success, failure, and entrepreneurship / Mark Zuckerberg -- Remarks to the Brooklyn College class of 2017 / Bernie Sanders -- Be brave. Take the leap. Do it. Dare it. Courage. / Anna Quindlen -- 2. Making America great again -- Farewell speech / Barack Obama -- Inaugural address / Donald Trump -- Remarks to US Department of State employees / Rex W. Tillerson -- Address to the people of Poland / Donald Trump -- Press briefing on US immigration policy / Sarah Sanders and Stephen Miller -- 3. The year in review -- Remarks at the United Nations advocating for action against the Assad regime / Nikki Haley -- Racism is evil / Donald Trump -- Returning to the Senate after defeating the "skinny" health care bill speech / John McCain -- Working together / Chuck Schumer -- Removing New Orleans' Confederate monuments / Mitch Landrieu -- How Facebook is fighting back against Russia's election interference / Mark Zuckerberg -- 4. Resistance and persistence 2017 -- 2016 postelection speech / Elizabeth Warren -- State of the State Address / Jerry Brown -- Do not try to divide us / Gloria Steinem -- Climate statement / Mike Bloomberg -- History cannot be deleted like web pages / Angela Davis -- Bias is the enemy of science / Adam Savage -- Flake announces Senate future / Jeff Flake -- 5. Free speech on campus -- Say no to campus thuggery / Ben Shapiro -- Statement on truth-seeking, democracy, and freedom of thought and expression / Robert P. George and Cornel West -- Free inquiry on campus: a statement of principles / Middlebury College Faculty -- The importance of free speech on college campuses / Jeff Sessions -- 6. DREAMers and DACA -- Keep the door open for Dreamers / Joe Kennedy III -- We cannot admit everyone / Jeff Sessions -- Statement on the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) / Barack Obama.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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