At every pivotal moment in American history there has been a great speech. Speeches inspired the Revolution and healed the wounds of the Civil War. Speeches abolished slavery, won women the right to vote, and sent millions of Americans into wars overseas. At their best, speeches can frame the issues of the day and inspire the nation to great acts. BRWords That Changed America brings together one hundred of the most influential and important speeches in our history. BRIn the chapter titled Revolution, Patrick Henry demands liberty or death in 1775 Elizabeth Cady Stanton declares the self-evident truth that all men and women are created equal in 1848 and Martin Luther King describes his dream in 1963. BRIn Free Speech, Elijah Lovejoy, an abolitionist publisher, defends the freedom of the press in 1837--days before a pro-slavery mob will kill him for exercising it. Eugene Debs gives the defiant Canton, Ohio Speech opposing WWI, for which he is jailed. BRIn America's Place in the World, Ge