American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young PeopleThe history of the United States has been characterised by fervent idealism, intense struggle, and radical change. For every critical, defining moment in American history, there were those whose impassioned voices rang out, clear and true, and whose words compelled the minds and hearts of all who heard them. When Patrick Henry declared, "Give me liberty, or give me death!", when Martin Luther King Jr. said, "I have a dream", Americans listened and