John Phillips’s 4th of July Oration, 1794
AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4th, 1794, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. BY JOHN PHILLIPS. At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of BOSTON, duly qualified and legally warned, in public Town-Meeting, assembled at Faneuil-Hall, on Friday […]
President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July Oration, 2020
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, July 3, 2020 Well, thank you very much. Governor Noem, Secretary Bernhardt, we very much appreciate it. Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and a very special hello to South Dakota. As we begin this 4th of July weekend, the First Lady and I would wish each and every one of you […]
President John Quincy Adams, 4th of July Oration, 1821
“From the day of the Declaration, the people of the North American union, and of its constituent states, were associated bodies of civilized men and Christians, in a state of nature, but not of anarchy. They were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of the Gospel, which they […]
President John Quincy Adams’s 4th of July address, 1837, Part 3: The Separation of People
An Oration Delivered Before the Inhabitants of the Town of Newburyport, at their request, on the Sixty-First Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837. By John Quincy Adams. (Continued) But this is not the reason for which you are here assembled. The question of right and wrong involved in the resolution of North […]
President John Quincy Adams’s 4th of July address, 1837, Part 2: First purpose of the Declaration of Independence
An Oration Delivered Before the Inhabitants of the Town of Newburyport, at their request, on the Sixty-First Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837. By John Quincy Adams. (Continued) For the second object of the Declaration, the assumption among the powers of the earth of the separate and equal station, to which the […]
President John Quincy Adams’s 4th of July address, 1837, Part 1
An Oration Delivered Before the Inhabitants of the Town of Newburyport, at their request, on the Sixty-First Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837. By John Quincy Adams. “Say ye not, A Confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say A Confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.” Isaiah […]
