Speeches 1980
Chronological List of Addresses, Speeches and Letters 1980 - 1989 1980 - 1989 Cuomo, Mario, Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention, July 16, 1984 Ferraro, Geraldine, “Speech Accepting the Democratic Vice-Presidential Nomination,” July 19, 1984 (Rhetoric #58) Jackson, Jesse, Launches a Campaign for President, January 16, 1984 Jackson, Jesse, “To the Democratic National Convention,” 1988 (Rhetoric # 51) (McIntire) Marshall, Thurgood, “On the Bicentennial of the Constitution,” 1987 (McIntire) Reagan, Ronald, Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals (Evil Empire speech) March 8, 1983 (Rhetoric #29) Reagan, Ronald, Letter to Leonid Brezhnev, regarding U.S.-Soviet Relations, April 24, 1981 (Letters 174) Reagan, Ronald, "Address at the Brandenburg Gate", June 12, 1987 (Rhetoric # 94) (McIntire) Reagan, Ronald, "Mourns the Challenger Astronauts", January 28, 1986 Reagan, Ronald, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981 Richards, Ann, Keynote speech to the Democratic National Convention, July 18, 1988 (GOS) (Rhetoric #38) Source: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mariocuomo1984dnc.htm Cuomo, Mario, Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention, July 16, 1984 Thank you very much. On behalf of the great Empire State and the whole family of New York, let me thank you for the great privilege of being able to address this convention. Please allow me to skip the stories and the poetry and the temptation to deal in nice but vague rhetoric. Let me instead use this valuable opportunity to deal immediately with the questions that should determine this election and that we all know are vital to the American people. Ten days ago, President Reagan admitted that although some people in this country seemed to be doing well nowadays, others were unhappy, even worried, about themselves, their families, and their futures.
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