awesome speech thread

[Kuciwalker]

It has been brought to my attention that William Safire could ****ing write. This was for Nixon in the case that the Moon lander was unable of taking off:

Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.

These two men are laying down their lives in mankind's most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding. They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.

In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man. In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.

Others will follow, and surely find their way home. Man's search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.

For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.

[Jaguar]

Lyndon Baines Johnson - We Shall Overcome

Too long to post here, but some of the best parts:

I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of Democracy.

At times, history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom. So it was at Lexington and Concord. So it was a century ago at Appomattox. So it was last week in Selma, Alabama.

But even if we pass this bill the battle will not be over. What happened in Selma is part of a far larger movement which reaches into every section and state of America. It is the effort of American Negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American life. Their cause must be our cause too. Because it's not just Negroes, but really it's all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice.

And we shall overcome.

[Wiglaf]

That's terribly written. It's like he ran Mars Attacks through Microsoft Word Autosummarize.

[Zkribbler]

Safire also did some of VP Agnew's best lines: "Nattering nabobs of negativism" pops to mind. If you watch closely, you'll see me use it from time to time.

[notyoueither]

See you use what?