
Speech following the Minnesota primary (3 June 2008) http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/obama.speech/index.html
2008
2000s, Democratic National Convention speech (2008)
Speech following the Minnesota primary (3 June 2008) http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/obama.speech/index.html
2008
“Let us learn together and laugh together and work together and pray together”
Source: Presidency (1977–1981), Inaugural Address (1977)
Context: Let us learn together and laugh together and work together and pray together, confident that in the end we will triumph together in the right.
1960s, I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)
Context: Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation. And I want to thank God, once more, for allowing me to be here with you.
"In the quiet of the morning I heard a knock at my door"
Translated by Arthur Waley
1963, Remarks Intended for Delivery to the Texas Democratic State Committee in the Municipal Auditorium in Austin
"So Much to Savor" in The Wall Street Journal (4 November 2004) http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110005844
Good-Night http://www.online-literature.com/shelley_percy/complete-works-of-shelley/133/ (1819)
Speech to the Senate In reference to the Slavery Compromise (7 March 1850)