MARC My Words! Elements of Speaking for Technical Services Librarians
April 26, 2006
EXERCISES 2 & 3
Introductions
John F. Kennedy: Address to the Greater Houston
Ministerial Association—1960)
“While the so-called religious issue is
necessarily and properly the chief topic here
tonight, I want to emphasize from the outset that
I believe that we have far more critical issues in
the 1960 campaign.”
(Caesar Chavez “The Mexican American and the
Church”—1968)
“The place to begin is with our own experience
with the Church in the strike that has gone on for
thirty-one months in Delano. For in Delano the
Church has been involved with the poor in a
unique way that should stand as a symbol to
other communities.”
(Mark Antony’s funeral oration for Caesar)
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your
ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
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MARC My Words! Elements of Speaking for Technical Services Librarians
April 26, 2006
(Mark Twain: Books and Burglers—1908)
“Suppose this library had been in operation a few
weeks ago, and the burglars who happened along and
broke into my house—taking a lot of things they
didn't need, and for that matter which I didn't need—
had first made entry into this institution.”
(Mary Fisher: 1992 Republican National
Convention Address)
“Less than three months ago at platform
hearings in Salt Lake City, I asked the
Republican Party to lift the shroud of silence
which has been draped over the issue of HIV
and AIDS. I have come tonight to bring our
silence to an end. I bear a message of challenge,
not self-congratulation. I want your attention,
not your applause.”
Conclusions
(Carrie Chapman Catt speech before Congress—1917)
“Woman suffrage is coming—you know it. Will you,
Honorable Senators and Members of the House of
Representatives, help or hinder it?”
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MARC My Words! Elements of Speaking for Technical Services Librarians
April 26, 2006
(General Douglas MacArthur: Farewell Address to
Congress—1951)
“… ‘old soldiers never die; they just fade away.’
And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now
close my military career and just fade away, an
old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave
him the light to see that duty.”
(Barbara Jordan: Statement on the Articles of
Impeachment—1974)
“We know the question. We should now
forthwith proceed to answer the question. It is
reason, and not passion, which must guide our
deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our
decision. I yield back the balance of my time,
Mr. Chairman.”
(Huey P. Long: “ Every Man a King”—1934)
“I thank you, my friends, for your kind attention, and
I hope you will enroll with us, take care of your own
work in the work of this Government, and share or
help in our Share Our Wealth society. I thank you.”
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