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^fou know its rained enough, Ujhe.n you C.a<n'-t e.ven p^as vr\ ^our OVjOH \o \) a.rvd ? ? - Memorable speech needed What has happened to elo quence? Not for the past two decades has anyone in the White House possessed the oratorical elegance displayed by John F. Ken nedy on that cold, bright January day as he began his inaugural ad dress: "We observe today not a victory of a party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change." Even his Boston brogue did not detract from that clear, confident challenge: "Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been pass ed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undo ing of those human rights to which this nation has always been com mitted..." And this address included the most memorable words of all: Lucien Coleman Things That Matter "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." Then, there was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. For years the nation remembered the maxim in his first inaugural address, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." In Roosevelt's second inaugural address were these well-honed words: "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics." But my vote for the greatest political orator of this century, cer tainly in the English-speaking world, would have to go to Sir Winston Churchill, Great Britain's stalwart leader during those black years of World War II. Who could ever forget the stirr ing challenge contained in his first speech to the House of Commons after he became Prime Minister: "Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long, and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no sur vival." ? ? That same speech contained the immortal words, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." In a later speech to the House of Commons, Churchill uttered the famous words, "if the British Em pire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: 'This was their finest hour'." As we go through another season of politicking, as we see the media glutted with the rhetoric and shenanigans of vote-seekers, I fervently hope that someone, somewhere, will come up with a memorable speech -- just for old times sake. 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