Lend Me Your Ears

This book is a definitive compendium of classic and modern oratory, expanded with a new preface on what makes a speech 'great.

' It includes speeches from Demosthenes to George W. Bush, as well as undelivered speeches such as Kennedy's scheduled speech in Dallas and Safire's draft for Nixon in case of a moon landing disaster.

The collection covers a wide range of historical and contemporary figures, including Cromwell, Orson Welles, General George Patton, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.