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  What is the best speech in modern American history? (search mode)
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Question: What is the best speech in modern American history? Modern meaning Post WW2
#1
RFK's Speech in response to MLK assassination		  
#2
A Time for Choosing		  
#3
Kennedy Inaugural		  
#4
Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down this wall!		  
#5
Bill Clinton speech at the 2012 DNC		  
#6
I have a dream		  
#7
Ted Kennedy speech at the 1980 Democratic Convention		  
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Ronald Reagan concession speech at the 1976 Republican Convention		  
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Other (please specify)		  
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MarkD
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« on: August 10, 2017, 06:57:56 PM »
Since the qualifier says "post WWII," I'll go with I Have a Dream.

But, if we could have included a WWII speech, I would say the best was by Judge Learned Hand, on "I Am An American Day" in 1944.

The Spirit of Liberty.
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