This Kind of Love
President Price, Provost Kornbluth, deans, and faculty: Thank you for inviting me—and including me in this venerable class. To all the Duke community… alumni, friends, faculty, family, whether you’re tuning …
The Charter That Started a Revolution
Written by speechwriter Bill Bryant, this speech—and all the others that won Cicero Speechwriting Awards in this profoundly momentous year—may be downloaded in These Vital Speeches: The Best of the …
A Fundamental Recognition
America is strongest when we engage with the world. When I was born, the United States was still recovering from the Great Depression and World War II. These tragedies cost …
A Year Filled with the Loss of Life and the Loss of Living
Good evening, my fallow Americans. Tonight, I’d like to talk to you about where we are as we mark one year since everything stopped because of this pandemic. A year …
On International Women’s Day … meet the generals
Thank you, Madam Vice President, and thank you, Mr. Secretary. On Friday, I submitted to the Senate for confirmation my first slate of nominations for four-star command positions in our …
Not Fade Away: A Speech Analysis
Editor’s Note: Rather than reproducing Former President Trump’s Sunday CPAC speech (see transcript here)—we’re running this “Rhetorical Recap” analysis by our resident speech analyst Michael Cornfield, associate professor of political …