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American Rhetoric: Robert F. Kennedy -- Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. ⇒

   16 January 2006, early afternoon

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. day. This link was found via Kottke.org.

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  1. can you imagine any politician quoting Aeschylus?

    if it happened on the west wing people would probably call it unrealistic.

    by rooney on January 16 2006, 5:06 pm   #

  2. Seriously. It’s a shame you don’t hear speeches like that anymore. I liked Martin’s speech on same-sex marriage, but it really isn’t in the same league as some of these speeches from the 60s.

    by ramanan on January 16 2006, 5:30 pm   #

  3. May be in the 60’s words were linked with action and that made it more powerful. These days its basically posturing.

    by Sunny on January 17 2006, 1:07 am   #

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